#459E97#459E97

#459E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E97
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -28.22, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 28.55, 188.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0847 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.086 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2646, 27.9513, 33.5994)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E97 #9E454C

analogous

#459E6B #459E97 #45799E

triadic

#459E97 #97459E #9E9745

tetradic

#459E97 #6B459E #9E454C #799E45

square

#459E97 #6B459E #9E454C #799E45

split-complementary

#459E97 #9E4579 #9E6B45

monochromatic

#204946 #32736E #459E97 #65BCB5 #8FCEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#459E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#459E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E97

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E97	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbb5',
    500: '#459e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e97;
$custom-light: #82bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.281,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E97

secondary

#BA8589

accent

#5962CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E97

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

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