#456BC9#456BC9

#456BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.152 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456BC9
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(223, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 17.04, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 55.65, 287.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% -0.0127 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.152 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2509, 15.9959, 57.3727)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456BC9 #C9A345

analogous

#45ADC9 #456BC9 #6145C9

triadic

#456BC9 #C9456B #6BC945

tetradic

#456BC9 #C945AD #C9A345 #45C961

square

#456BC9 #C945AD #C9A345 #45C961

split-complementary

#456BC9 #C96145 #ADC945

monochromatic

#213972 #2F50A2 #456BC9 #7491D7 #A4B6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#456BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#456BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456BC9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456BC9	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.152 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8694da',
    500: '#456bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456bc9;
$custom-light: #8694da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54877,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456BC9

secondary

#D1C198

accent

#B349DE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456BC9

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

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