#456C8A#456C8A

#456C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.065 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456C8A
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -4.93, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 21.33, 256.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0299 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.065 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4026, 13.8244, 26.0546)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456C8A #8A6345

analogous

#458A85 #456C8A #45498A

triadic

#456C8A #8A456C #6C8A45

tetradic

#456C8A #85458A #8A6345 #498A45

square

#456C8A #85458A #8A6345 #498A45

split-complementary

#456C8A #8A4549 #8A8545

monochromatic

#1C2C38 #314C61 #456C8A #5E8BAE #87A9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#456C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#456C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456C8A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456C8A	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.065 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d96ac',
    500: '#456c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456c8a;
$custom-light: #7d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51485,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456C8A

secondary

#AE927D

accent

#8D5EC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #456C8A

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

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