#456CB8#456CB8

#456CB8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.127 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CB8
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 184)
HSL	hsl(220, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 41.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 10.44, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 45.53, 283.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0167 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.127 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4655, 15.4495, 47.4525)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CB8 #B89145

analogous

#45A6B8 #456CB8 #5745B8

triadic

#456CB8 #B8456C #6CB845

tetradic

#456CB8 #B845A6 #B89145 #45B857

square

#456CB8 #B845A6 #B89145 #45B857

split-complementary

#456CB8 #B85745 #A6B845

monochromatic

#24385F #34528B #456CB8 #718FCA #9DB2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#456CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#456CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CB8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CB8	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A73BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A69B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.127 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8395ce',
    500: '#456cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cb8;
$custom-light: #8395ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.652,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53995,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CB8

secondary

#C7B592

accent

#A953D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CB8

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

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