#456C8D#456C8D

#456C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.069 H 245.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456C8D
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, -3.98, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 22.70, 259.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0288 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.069 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6228, 13.9125, 27.2143)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456C8D #8D6645

analogous

#458D8A #456C8D #45488D

triadic

#456C8D #8D456C #6C8D45

tetradic

#456C8D #8A458D #8D6645 #488D45

square

#456C8D #8A458D #8D6645 #488D45

split-complementary

#456C8D #8D4548 #8D8A45

monochromatic

#1D2D3B #314D64 #456C8D #5F8BB1 #88A9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#456C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#456C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456C8D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456C8D	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55658C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.069 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d96ae',
    500: '#456c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456c8d;
$custom-light: #7d96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51627,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456C8D

secondary

#B0957E

accent

#8F5DCA

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #456C8D

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

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