#459EA0#459EA0

#459EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA0
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -25.71, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 27.27, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0807 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.084 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0236, 28.2549, 37.5967)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA0 #A04745

analogous

#45A075 #459EA0 #4570A0

triadic

#459EA0 #A0459E #9EA045

tetradic

#459EA0 #7545A0 #A04745 #70A045

square

#459EA0 #7545A0 #A04745 #70A045

split-complementary

#459EA0 #A04570 #A07545

monochromatic

#204A4A #337475 #459EA0 #65BBBD #90CECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#459EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#459EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA0

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA0	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbbc',
    500: '#459ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea0;
$custom-light: #82bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.319,
    "s": 39.738,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6465,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA0

secondary

#BB8786

accent

#5B58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA0

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

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