#456A72#456A72

#456A72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.044 H 212.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456A72
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(191, 25%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -10.89, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 13.91, 218.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% -0.0369 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.044 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6445, 12.7875, 17.8237)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456A72 #724D45

analogous

#457263 #456A72 #455372

triadic

#456A72 #72456A #6A7245

tetradic

#456A72 #634572 #724D45 #537245

square

#456A72 #634572 #724D45 #537245

split-complementary

#456A72 #724553 #726345

monochromatic

#172326 #2E474C #456A72 #5C8D98 #80A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#456A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#456A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456A72

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456A72	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#336D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.044 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b949a',
    500: '#456a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456a72;
$custom-light: #7b949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 24.59,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49959,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456A72

secondary

#9E7C75

accent

#7767C1

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#090D0E

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #456A72

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

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