#456D8A#456D8A

#456D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.064 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456D8A
RGB	rgb(69, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(205, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -5.52, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 21.02, 254.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% -0.0312 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.064 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5087, 14.0365, 26.0900)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456D8A #8A6245

analogous

#458A84 #456D8A #454B8A

triadic

#456D8A #8A456D #6D8A45

tetradic

#456D8A #84458A #8A6245 #4B8A45

square

#456D8A #84458A #8A6245 #4B8A45

split-complementary

#456D8A #8A454B #8A8445

monochromatic

#1C2D38 #314D61 #456D8A #5E8DAE #87A9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#456D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#456D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456D8A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456D8A	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.064 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d96ac',
    500: '#456d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456d8a;
$custom-light: #7d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.06446,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456D8A

secondary

#AE917D

accent

#8B5EC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #456D8A

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

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