#456DC3#456DC3

#456DC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.141 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456DC3
RGB	rgb(69, 109, 195)
HSL	hsl(221, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 44.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 13.67, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 51.08, 285.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% -0.0157 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.141 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7698, 16.1410, 53.7982)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456DC3 #C39B45

analogous

#45ACC3 #456DC3 #5C45C3

triadic

#456DC3 #C3456D #6DC345

tetradic

#456DC3 #C345AC #C39B45 #45C35C

square

#456DC3 #C345AC #C39B45 #45C35C

split-complementary

#456DC3 #C35C45 #ACC345

monochromatic

#233A6B #315299 #456DC3 #7391D2 #A2B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#456DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#456DC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456DC3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456DC3	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4476C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 109, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.141 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596d6',
    500: '#456dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456dc3;
$custom-light: #8596d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54905,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456DC3

secondary

#CEBC96

accent

#AE4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456DC3

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

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