#456BD9#456BD9

#456BD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.174 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456BD9
RGB	rgb(69, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 22.71, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 64.59, 290.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0107 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.174 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2320, 16.7883, 67.8064)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456BD9 #D9B345

analogous

#45B5D9 #456BD9 #6945D9

triadic

#456BD9 #D9456B #6BD945

tetradic

#456BD9 #D945B5 #D9B345 #45D969

square

#456BD9 #D945B5 #D9B345 #45D969

split-complementary

#456BD9 #D96945 #B5D945

monochromatic

#1C3888 #264CBB #456BD9 #7893E3 #ABBCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#456BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#456BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456BD9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456BD9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2879DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.174 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994e5',
    500: '#456bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456bd9;
$custom-light: #8994e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.595,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55984,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456BD9

secondary

#DBCC9E

accent

#BD3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456BD9

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

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