#456B8A#456B8A

#456B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.066 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456B8A
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(207, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, -4.33, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 21.66, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0286 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.066 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2978, 13.6147, 26.0197)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456B8A #8A6445

analogous

#458A86 #456B8A #45488A

triadic

#456B8A #8A456B #6B8A45

tetradic

#456B8A #86458A #8A6445 #488A45

square

#456B8A #86458A #8A6445 #488A45

split-complementary

#456B8A #8A4548 #8A8645

monochromatic

#1C2C38 #314B61 #456B8A #5E8AAE #87A8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#456B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#456B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456B8A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456B8A	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.066 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d95ac',
    500: '#456b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456b8a;
$custom-light: #7d95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51244,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456B8A

secondary

#AE937D

accent

#8E5EC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #456B8A

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

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