#456AE9#456AE9

#456AE9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.196 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456AE9
RGB	rgb(69, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(226, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 29.01, -68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 74.06, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0086 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.196 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3112, 17.4542, 79.2682)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456AE9 #E9C445

analogous

#45BCE9 #456AE9 #7245E9

triadic

#456AE9 #E9456A #6AE945

tetradic

#456AE9 #E945BC #E9C445 #45E972

square

#456AE9 #E945BC #E9C445 #45E972

split-complementary

#456AE9 #E97245 #BCE945

monochromatic

#1333A1 #1944D7 #456AE9 #7C96EF #B2C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#456AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#456AE9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456AE9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456AE9	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.196 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94f1',
    500: '#456ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ae9;
$custom-light: #8c94f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.463,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56963,
    "c": 0.19644,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456AE9

secondary

#E5D6A5

accent

#C932F5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #456AE9

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

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