#456CD8#456CD8

#456CD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CD8
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 21.73, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 63.41, 290.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0117 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.171 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2072, 16.9462, 67.1584)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CD8 #D8B145

analogous

#45B5D8 #456CD8 #6745D8

triadic

#456CD8 #D8456C #6CD845

tetradic

#456CD8 #D845B5 #D8B145 #45D867

square

#456CD8 #D845B5 #D8B145 #45D867

split-complementary

#456CD8 #D86745 #B5D845

monochromatic

#1C3886 #274EB9 #456CD8 #7894E3 #AABCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#456CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#456CD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CD8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CD8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995e5',
    500: '#456cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cd8;
$custom-light: #8995e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56115,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CD8

secondary

#DBCB9E

accent

#BC40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CD8

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

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