#456CB3#456CB3

#456CB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.120 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CB3
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 179)
HSL	hsl(219, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 8.70, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 42.74, 281.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% -0.0178 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.12 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9506, 15.2436, 44.7408)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CB3 #B38C45

analogous

#45A3B3 #456CB3 #5545B3

triadic

#456CB3 #B3456C #6CB345

tetradic

#456CB3 #B345A3 #B38C45 #45B355

square

#456CB3 #B345A3 #B38C45 #45B355

split-complementary

#456CB3 #B35545 #A3B345

monochromatic

#23375B #345187 #456CB3 #6E8EC7 #9AB0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#456CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#456CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CB3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CB3	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E68B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.120 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8295ca',
    500: '#456cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cb3;
$custom-light: #8295ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53689,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CB3

secondary

#C4B28F

accent

#A754D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CB3

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

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