#456AD8#456AD8

#456AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AD8
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 50.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 22.99, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 64.65, 290.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% -0.01 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.174 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9986, 16.5292, 67.0889)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AD8 #D8B345

analogous

#45B3D8 #456AD8 #6945D8

triadic

#456AD8 #D8456A #6AD845

tetradic

#456AD8 #D845B3 #D8B345 #45D869

square

#456AD8 #D845B3 #D8B345 #45D869

split-complementary

#456AD8 #D86945 #B3D845

monochromatic

#1C3786 #274CB9 #456AD8 #7893E3 #AABBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#456AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#456AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AD8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AD8	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2778DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994e5',
    500: '#456ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ad8;
$custom-light: #8994e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.898,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55712,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AD8

secondary

#DBCC9E

accent

#BE40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AD8

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

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