#456BB9#456BB9

#456BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.130 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456BB9
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(220, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 11.41, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 46.67, 284.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% -0.0155 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.13 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4658, 15.2819, 47.9715)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456BB9 #B99345

analogous

#45A5B9 #456BB9 #5945B9

triadic

#456BB9 #B9456B #6BB945

tetradic

#456BB9 #B945A5 #B99345 #45B959

square

#456BB9 #B945A5 #B99345 #45B959

split-complementary

#456BB9 #B95945 #A5B945

monochromatic

#243760 #34518C #456BB9 #718ECA #9EB2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#456BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#456BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456BB9

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456BB9	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4873BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3768B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.130 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8394ce',
    500: '#456bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456bb9;
$custom-light: #8394ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.345,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53839,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456BB9

secondary

#C7B693

accent

#AA52D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #456BB9

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

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