#456AE3#456AE3

#456AE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.189 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AE3
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 26.89, -65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 70.76, 292.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.009 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.189 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4686, 17.1172, 74.8307)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AE3 #E3BE45

analogous

#45B9E3 #456AE3 #6F45E3

triadic

#456AE3 #E3456A #6AE345

tetradic

#456AE3 #E345B9 #E3BE45 #45E36F

square

#456AE3 #E345B9 #E3BE45 #45E36F

split-complementary

#456AE3 #E36F45 #B9E345

monochromatic

#173597 #1F47CC #456AE3 #7A95EB #AFBFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#456AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#456AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AE3

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AE3	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.189 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94ed',
    500: '#456ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ae3;
$custom-light: #8b94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.949,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.18854,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AE3

secondary

#E1D3A2

accent

#C537F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AE3

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

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