#459EA6#459EA6

#459EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA6
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -23.99, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 26.90, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0781 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5612, 28.4699, 40.4280)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA6 #A64D45

analogous

#45A67D #459EA6 #456DA6

triadic

#459EA6 #A6459E #9EA645

tetradic

#459EA6 #7D45A6 #A64D45 #6DA645

square

#459EA6 #7D45A6 #A64D45 #6DA645

split-complementary

#459EA6 #A6456D #A67D45

monochromatic

#214C50 #33757B #459EA6 #68B9C0 #93CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#459EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#459EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA6

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA6	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)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc0',
    500: '#459ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea6;
$custom-light: #83bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.948,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6487,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA6

secondary

#BE8D89

accent

#6157D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA6

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

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