#459E98#459E98

#459E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459E98
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -27.94, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 28.37, 189.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0842 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.085 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3462, 27.9839, 34.0289)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459E98 #9E454B

analogous

#459E6C #459E98 #45789E

triadic

#459E98 #98459E #9E9845

tetradic

#459E98 #6C459E #9E454B #789E45

square

#459E98 #6C459E #9E454B #789E45

split-complementary

#459E98 #9E4578 #9E6C45

monochromatic

#204946 #32736F #459E98 #65BCB6 #8FCECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#459E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#459E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459E98

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459E98	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbb6',
    500: '#459e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459e98;
$custom-light: #82bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.955,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459E98

secondary

#BA8589

accent

#5961CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #459E98

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

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