#456CB4#456CB4

#456CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.122 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CB4
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 180)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(219, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 40%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 9.04, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 43.30, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0176 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.122 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0521, 15.2842, 45.2754)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CB4 #B48D45

analogous

#45A4B4 #456CB4 #5645B4

triadic

#456CB4 #B4456C #6CB445

tetradic

#456CB4 #B445A4 #B48D45 #45B456

square

#456CB4 #B445A4 #B48D45 #45B456

split-complementary

#456CB4 #B45645 #A4B445

monochromatic

#23375C #345188 #456CB4 #6F8EC8 #9BB1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#456CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#456CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CB4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CB4	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D73B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D68B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.122 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8395cb',
    500: '#456cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cb4;
$custom-light: #8395cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.919,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5375,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CB4

secondary

#C5B290

accent

#A754D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CB4

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

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