#456AE1#456AE1

#456AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.186 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AE1
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 26.18, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 69.65, 292.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0092 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.186 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1942, 17.0074, 73.3854)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AE1 #E1BC45

analogous

#45B8E1 #456AE1 #6E45E1

triadic

#456AE1 #E1456A #6AE145

tetradic

#456AE1 #E145B8 #E1BC45 #45E16E

square

#456AE1 #E145B8 #E1BC45 #45E16E

split-complementary

#456AE1 #E16E45 #B8E145

monochromatic

#183594 #2048C8 #456AE1 #7A94E9 #AEBEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#456AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#456AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AE1

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AE1	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.186 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94eb',
    500: '#456ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ae1;
$custom-light: #8b94eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.769,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56366,
    "c": 0.18588,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AE1

secondary

#E0D1A2

accent

#C439EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AE1

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

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