#459EA8#459EA8

#459EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA8
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -23.40, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.87, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0772 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.085 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7461, 28.5439, 41.4017)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA8 #A84F45

analogous

#45A881 #459EA8 #456DA8

triadic

#459EA8 #A8459E #9EA845

tetradic

#459EA8 #8145A8 #A84F45 #6DA845

square

#459EA8 #8145A8 #A84F45 #6DA845

split-complementary

#459EA8 #A8456D #A88145

monochromatic

#214C51 #33757D #459EA8 #69B8C1 #94CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#459EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc1',
    500: '#459ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea8;
$custom-light: #83bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64945,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA8

secondary

#BF8F8A

accent

#6356D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA8

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

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