#456CD6#456CD6

#456CD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.169 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CD6
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 21.02, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 62.30, 289.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0119 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.169 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9502, 16.8434, 65.8050)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CD6 #D6AF45

analogous

#45B5D6 #456CD6 #6645D6

triadic

#456CD6 #D6456C #6CD645

tetradic

#456CD6 #D645B5 #D6AF45 #45D666

square

#456CD6 #D645B5 #D6AF45 #45D666

split-complementary

#456CD6 #D66645 #B5D645

monochromatic

#1D3984 #284EB6 #456CD6 #7794E1 #A9BBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#456CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#456CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CD6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CD6	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.169 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895e3',
    500: '#456cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cd6;
$custom-light: #8895e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.862,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55975,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CD6

secondary

#DAC99D

accent

#BA41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CD6

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

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