#459FAD#459FAD

#459FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.087 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459FAD
RGB	rgb(69, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -22.44, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 27.17, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0762 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.087 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3921, 29.0763, 43.9593)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459FAD #AD5345

analogous

#45AD87 #459FAD #456BAD

triadic

#459FAD #AD459F #9FAD45

tetradic

#459FAD #8745AD #AD5345 #6BAD45

square

#459FAD #8745AD #AD5345 #6BAD45

split-complementary

#459FAD #AD456B #AD8745

monochromatic

#224F55 #347781 #459FAD #6BB8C4 #97CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#459FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#459FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459FAD

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459FAD	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.087 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbc5',
    500: '#459fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459fad;
$custom-light: #83bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459FAD

secondary

#C1948C

accent

#6655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #459FAD

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

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