#456CD9#456CD9

#456CD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.173 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456CD9
RGB	rgb(69, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 22.08, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 63.96, 290.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% -0.0116 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.173 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3368, 16.9981, 67.8414)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456CD9 #D9B245

analogous

#45B6D9 #456CD9 #6845D9

triadic

#456CD9 #D9456C #6CD945

tetradic

#456CD9 #D945B6 #D9B245 #45D968

square

#456CD9 #D945B6 #D9B245 #45D968

split-complementary

#456CD9 #D96845 #B6D945

monochromatic

#1C3888 #264DBB #456CD9 #7894E3 #ABBCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#456CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#456CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456CD9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456CD9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.173 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995e5',
    500: '#456cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456cd9;
$custom-light: #8995e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.189,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56186,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456CD9

secondary

#DBCB9E

accent

#BC3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456CD9

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

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