#459EA5#459EA5

#459EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.085 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA5
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -24.28, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 26.93, 205.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0785 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.085 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4698, 28.4334, 39.9467)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA5 #A54C45

analogous

#45A57C #459EA5 #456EA5

triadic

#459EA5 #A5459E #9EA545

tetradic

#459EA5 #7C45A5 #A54C45 #6EA545

square

#459EA5 #7C45A5 #A54C45 #6EA545

split-complementary

#459EA5 #A5456E #A57C45

monochromatic

#214B4F #33757A #459EA5 #68B9C0 #93CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#459EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#459EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA5	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.085 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbbf',
    500: '#459ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea5;
$custom-light: #83bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.375,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64833,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA5

secondary

#BD8C88

accent

#6057D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA5

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

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