#456CC6#456CC6

#456CC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.147 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CC6
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 198)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(222, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 45.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 15.35, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 53.36, 286.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% -0.0142 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.147 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0063, 16.0659, 55.5672)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CC6 #C69F45

analogous

#45ADC6 #456CC6 #5E45C6

triadic

#456CC6 #C6456C #6CC645

tetradic

#456CC6 #C645AD #C69F45 #45C65E

square

#456CC6 #C645AD #C69F45 #45C65E

split-complementary

#456CC6 #C65E45 #ADC645

monochromatic

#22396F #30519E #456CC6 #7491D4 #A3B6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#456CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#456CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CC6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CC6	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4076C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.147 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8695d8',
    500: '#456cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cc6;
$custom-light: #8695d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.86,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54888,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CC6

secondary

#CFBF97

accent

#B14BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CC6

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

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