#456CC9#456CC9

#456CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.151 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CC9
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 16.41, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 55.04, 287.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% -0.0137 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.151 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3557, 16.2056, 57.4077)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CC9 #C9A245

analogous

#45AEC9 #456CC9 #6045C9

triadic

#456CC9 #C9456C #6CC945

tetradic

#456CC9 #C945AE #C9A245 #45C960

square

#456CC9 #C945AE #C9A245 #45C960

split-complementary

#456CC9 #C96045 #AEC945

monochromatic

#213972 #2F51A2 #456CC9 #7491D7 #A4B7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#456CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#456CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CC9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CC9	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.151 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8695da',
    500: '#456cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cc9;
$custom-light: #8695da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55086,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CC9

secondary

#D1C198

accent

#B249DE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CC9

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

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