#456AD6#456AD6

#456AD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.171 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AD6
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 214)
HSL	hsl(225, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 22.28, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 63.54, 290.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% -0.0102 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.171 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7417, 16.4264, 65.7355)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AD6 #D6B145

analogous

#45B2D6 #456AD6 #6845D6

triadic

#456AD6 #D6456A #6AD645

tetradic

#456AD6 #D645B2 #D6B145 #45D668

square

#456AD6 #D645B2 #D6B145 #45D668

split-complementary

#456AD6 #D66845 #B2D645

monochromatic

#1D3784 #284CB6 #456AD6 #7792E1 #A9BAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#456AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#456AD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AD6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AD6	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A78DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.171 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994e3',
    500: '#456ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ad6;
$custom-light: #8994e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.69,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55569,
    "c": 0.17112,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AD6

secondary

#DACA9D

accent

#BD41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AD6

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

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