#456AD1#456AD1

#456AD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.164 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AD1
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 209)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 49.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 20.50, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 60.74, 289.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% -0.0107 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.164 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1129, 16.1749, 62.4240)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AD1 #D1AC45

analogous

#45B0D1 #456AD1 #6645D1

triadic

#456AD1 #D1456A #6AD145

tetradic

#456AD1 #D145B0 #D1AC45 #45D166

square

#456AD1 #D145B0 #D1AC45 #45D166

split-complementary

#456AD1 #D16645 #B0D145

monochromatic

#1F387D #2B4EAE #456AD1 #7691DD #A7B9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#456AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#456AD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AD1

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AD1	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3177D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.164 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894e0',
    500: '#456ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ad1;
$custom-light: #8894e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.143,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55217,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AD1

secondary

#D7C79B

accent

#B944E3

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AD1

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

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