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Orderly Mariner

#459088
Notes

Orderly Mariner (#459088) is a true teal with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (174°, 35%, 42%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#459088
RGB
rgb(69, 144, 136)
HSL
hsl(174, 35%, 42%)
HWB
hwb(174 27% 44%)
OKLCH
oklch(60.3% 0.076 186.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3466 0.5579 0.5325)
HSV
hsv(174, 52%, 56%)
LAB
lab(55.06% -25.30 -2.88)
LCH
lch(55.06% 25.46 186.49)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 0%, 6%, 44%)

Etymology

Orderly
adjective

Latin ōrdō, order — adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, orderly implies a clear-and-arranged-and-organized quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-ordered-and-classified placement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to methodical and organized in usage.

Mariner
noun

One who sails the sea — from the Latin mare. As a color name, mariner refers to the deep navy-and-cyan of traditional naval and merchant-marine uniforms: a saturated, slightly muted blue with the matte finish of dyed wool. Cooler than navy, warmer than ocean, with the maritime-uniform association of a word that always implies a working boat rather than a recreational one.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#459088
Original
#8a8988
Protanopia
#7d8089
Deuteranopia
#18938d
Tritanopia
#7f7f7f
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.75:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
5.60:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##459088
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3466 0.5579 0.5325)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.076

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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