#455E9A#455E9A

#455E9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.101 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455E9A
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 154)
HSL	hsl(222, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 39%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 8.95, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 36.75, 284.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% -0.0075 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.101 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2877, 11.6028, 32.1576)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455E9A #9A8145

analogous

#45889A #455E9A #56459A

triadic

#455E9A #9A455E #5E9A45

tetradic

#455E9A #9A4588 #9A8145 #459A56

square

#455E9A #9A4588 #9A8145 #459A56

split-complementary

#455E9A #9A5645 #889A45

monochromatic

#1F2A45 #324470 #455E9A #637CB9 #8DA0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#455E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#455E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455E9A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455E9A	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46649C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#176B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.101 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8bb8',
    500: '#455e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455e9a;
$custom-light: #7f8bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49076,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455E9A

secondary

#B7A883

accent

#AC5ACE

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0A0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #455E9A

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

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