#456BC6#456BC6

#456BC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.148 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456BC6
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 198)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(222, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 46%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 15.98, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 53.96, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% -0.0132 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.148 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9014, 15.8561, 55.5323)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456BC6 #C6A045

analogous

#45ABC6 #456BC6 #6045C6

triadic

#456BC6 #C6456B #6BC645

tetradic

#456BC6 #C645AB #C6A045 #45C660

square

#456BC6 #C645AB #C6A045 #45C660

split-complementary

#456BC6 #C66045 #ABC645

monochromatic

#22396F #30509E #456BC6 #7490D4 #A3B6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#456BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#456BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456BC6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456BC6	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E75C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2669C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.148 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8694d8',
    500: '#456bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456bc6;
$custom-light: #8694d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.326,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54677,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456BC6

secondary

#CFBF97

accent

#B24BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456BC6

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

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