#45596B#45596B

#45596B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.038 H 245.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45596B
RGB	rgb(69, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(208, 22%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 36%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, -2.75, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 13.06, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% -0.0157 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.038 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6796, 9.4711, 15.2778)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45596B #6B5745

analogous

#456B6A #45596B #45466B

triadic

#45596B #6B4559 #596B45

tetradic

#45596B #6A456B #6B5745 #466B45

square

#45596B #6A456B #6B5745 #466B45

split-complementary

#45596B #6B4546 #6B6A45

monochromatic

#151B21 #2D3A46 #45596B #5D7890 #7E96AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#45596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#45596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45596B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45596B	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D556B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.038 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a8795',
    500: '#45596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45596b;
$custom-light: #7a8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 21.591,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45463,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45596B

secondary

#988574

accent

#926ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF1

border

#C8CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #45596B

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

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