#455E72#455E72

#455E72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.044 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455E72
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(207, 25%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(207, 39%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, -3.79, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 14.80, 255.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% -0.0201 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.044 243)
XYZ	xyz(9.4932, 10.4850, 17.4399)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455E72 #725945

analogous

#45726F #455E72 #454772

triadic

#455E72 #72455E #5E7245

tetradic

#455E72 #6F4572 #725945 #477245

square

#455E72 #6F4572 #725945 #477245

split-complementary

#455E72 #724547 #726F45

monochromatic

#171F26 #2E3F4C #455E72 #5C7D98 #809BB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#455E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#455E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455E72

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455E72	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#356365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.044 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a8b9a',
    500: '#455e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455e72;
$custom-light: #7a8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 24.59,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46992,
    "c": 0.04429,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.10486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455E72

secondary

#9E8775

accent

#8F67C1

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#090C0E

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #455E72

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

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