#455EB3#455EB3

#455EB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.138 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#455EB3
RGB	rgb(69, 94, 179)
HSL	hsl(226, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(226, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 47.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 17.56, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 51.23, 290.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% -0.0029 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.138 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5909, 12.5241, 44.2876)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#455EB3 #B39A45

analogous

#4595B3 #455EB3 #6345B3

triadic

#455EB3 #B3455E #5EB345

tetradic

#455EB3 #B34595 #B39A45 #45B363

square

#455EB3 #B34595 #B39A45 #45B363

split-complementary

#455EB3 #B36345 #95B345

monochromatic

#23305B #344787 #455EB3 #6E82C7 #9AA8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#455EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#455EB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #455EB3

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##455EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##455EB3	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3468B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#215FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #455eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 94, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.138 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838bca',
    500: '#455eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #455eb3;
$custom-light: #838bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#455eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5067,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#455EB3

secondary

#C4B88F

accent

#B754D4

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #455EB3

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

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