#459F8A#459F8A

#459F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.092 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459F8A
RGB	rgb(69, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -32.11, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 32.24, 174.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0918 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.092 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4377, 27.8946, 28.3997)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459F8A #9F455A

analogous

#459F5D #459F8A #45879F

triadic

#459F8A #8A459F #9F8A45

tetradic

#459F8A #5D459F #9F455A #879F45

square

#459F8A #5D459F #9F455A #879F45

split-complementary

#459F8A #9F4587 #9F5D45

monochromatic

#204A40 #327465 #459F8A #65BCA8 #90CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#459F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#459F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459F8A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459F8A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.092 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcac',
    500: '#459f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459f8a;
$custom-light: #81bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64177,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459F8A

secondary

#BA8692

accent

#5874CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #459F8A

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

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