#459EA9#459EA9

#459EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EA9
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -23.11, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 26.88, 210.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0768 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.086 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8396, 28.5813, 41.8942)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EA9 #A95045

analogous

#45A982 #459EA9 #456CA9

triadic

#459EA9 #A9459E #9EA945

tetradic

#459EA9 #8245A9 #A95045 #6CA945

square

#459EA9 #8245A9 #A95045 #6CA945

split-complementary

#459EA9 #A9456C #A98245

monochromatic

#224D52 #33757E #459EA9 #69B8C2 #95CDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#459EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EA9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EA9	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc2',
    500: '#459ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ea9;
$custom-light: #83bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64983,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EA9

secondary

#BF908A

accent

#6456D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EA9

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

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