#456DC8#456DC8

#456DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.148 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456DC8
RGB	rgb(69, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 15.43, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 53.87, 286.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0148 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.148 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3446, 16.3709, 56.8255)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456DC8 #C8A045

analogous

#45AFC8 #456DC8 #5E45C8

triadic

#456DC8 #C8456D #6DC845

tetradic

#456DC8 #C845AF #C8A045 #45C85E

square

#456DC8 #C845AF #C8A045 #45C85E

split-complementary

#456DC8 #C85E45 #AFC845

monochromatic

#213A71 #2F52A0 #456DC8 #7492D6 #A3B7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#456DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#456DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456DC8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456DC8	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.148 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696d9',
    500: '#456dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456dc8;
$custom-light: #8696d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.679,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55231,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456DC8

secondary

#D1BF98

accent

#B14ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456DC8

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

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