#456BD6#456BD6

#456BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.170 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456BD6
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 214)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 21.65, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 62.91, 290.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% -0.0111 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.17 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8453, 16.6337, 65.7701)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456BD6 #D6B045

analogous

#45B3D6 #456BD6 #6745D6

triadic

#456BD6 #D6456B #6BD645

tetradic

#456BD6 #D645B3 #D6B045 #45D667

square

#456BD6 #D645B3 #D6B045 #45D667

split-complementary

#456BD6 #D66745 #B3D645

monochromatic

#1D3884 #284DB6 #456BD6 #7793E1 #A9BBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#456BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#456BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456BD6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456BD6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D78DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.170 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994e3',
    500: '#456bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456bd6;
$custom-light: #8994e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.276,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55772,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456BD6

secondary

#DACA9D

accent

#BB41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456BD6

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

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