#459EA7#459EA7

#459EA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA7
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -23.69, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 26.88, 208.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0776 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.085 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6533, 28.5068, 40.9130)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA7 #A74E45

analogous

#45A77F #459EA7 #456DA7

triadic

#459EA7 #A7459E #9EA745

tetradic

#459EA7 #7F45A7 #A74E45 #6DA745

square

#459EA7 #7F45A7 #A74E45 #6DA745

split-complementary

#459EA7 #A7456D #A77F45

monochromatic

#214C50 #33757C #459EA7 #68B9C1 #94CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#459EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA7	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc1',
    500: '#459ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea7;
$custom-light: #83bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA7

secondary

#BE8E89

accent

#6256D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA7

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

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