#459E91#459E91

#459E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E91
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -29.83, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 29.85, 182.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0874 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.088 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7897, 27.7614, 31.0981)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E91 #9E4552

analogous

#459E65 #459E91 #457F9E

triadic

#459E91 #91459E #9E9145

tetradic

#459E91 #65459E #9E4552 #7F9E45

square

#459E91 #65459E #9E4552 #7F9E45

split-complementary

#459E91 #9E457F #9E6545

monochromatic

#204943 #32736A #459E91 #65BCAF #8FCEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#459E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#459E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E91

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E91	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbb1',
    500: '#459e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e91;
$custom-light: #81bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.236,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64142,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E91

secondary

#BA858D

accent

#596ACF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E91

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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