#456DC9#456DC9

#456DC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.150 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456DC9
RGB	rgb(69, 109, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 15.78, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 54.43, 286.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0147 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.15 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4618, 16.4178, 57.4430)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456DC9 #C9A145

analogous

#45AFC9 #456DC9 #5F45C9

triadic

#456DC9 #C9456D #6DC945

tetradic

#456DC9 #C945AF #C9A145 #45C95F

square

#456DC9 #C945AF #C9A145 #45C95F

split-complementary

#456DC9 #C95F45 #AFC945

monochromatic

#213A72 #2F52A2 #456DC9 #7492D7 #A4B7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#456DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#456DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456DC9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456DC9	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 109, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.150 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696da',
    500: '#456dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456dc9;
$custom-light: #8696da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55297,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456DC9

secondary

#D1C098

accent

#B149DE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456DC9

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

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