#459EAE#459EAE

#459EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.087 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EAE
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -21.62, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 27.07, 217.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0747 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.087 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3180, 28.7727, 44.4137)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EAE #AE5545

analogous

#45AE8A #459EAE #4569AE

triadic

#459EAE #AE459E #9EAE45

tetradic

#459EAE #8A45AE #AE5545 #69AE45

square

#459EAE #8A45AE #AE5545 #69AE45

split-complementary

#459EAE #AE4569 #AE8A45

monochromatic

#224E56 #347682 #459EAE #6CB7C5 #97CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#459EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EAE

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EAE	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.087 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc6',
    500: '#459eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459eae;
$custom-light: #83bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65176,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EAE

secondary

#C2958D

accent

#6855D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EAE

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

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