#45596E#45596E

#45596E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.042 H 250.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45596E
RGB	rgb(69, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(211, 23%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, -1.89, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 14.56, 262.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% -0.0145 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.042 250)
XYZ	xyz(8.8402, 9.5353, 16.1235)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45596E #6E5A45

analogous

#456D6E #45596E #46456E

triadic

#45596E #6E4559 #596E45

tetradic

#45596E #6E456D #6E5A45 #456E46

square

#45596E #6E456D #6E5A45 #456E46

split-complementary

#45596E #6E4645 #6D6E45

monochromatic

#161C23 #2D3B48 #45596E #5D7794 #7F96AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#45596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#45596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45596E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45596E	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51596F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C556E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.042 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a8797',
    500: '#45596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45596e;
$custom-light: #7a8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.732,
    "s": 22.905,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45596,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.09536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45596E

secondary

#9B8874

accent

#9568BF

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #45596E

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

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