#456DD9#456DD9

#456DD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.172 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456DD9
RGB	rgb(69, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 21.45, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 63.35, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% -0.0125 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.172 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4429, 17.2102, 67.8767)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456DD9 #D9B145

analogous

#45B7D9 #456DD9 #6745D9

triadic

#456DD9 #D9456D #6DD945

tetradic

#456DD9 #D945B7 #D9B145 #45D967

square

#456DD9 #D945B7 #D9B145 #45D967

split-complementary

#456DD9 #D96745 #B7D945

monochromatic

#1C3988 #264EBB #456DD9 #7895E3 #ABBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#456DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#456DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456DD9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456DD9	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.172 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996e5',
    500: '#456dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456dd9;
$custom-light: #8996e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56388,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456DD9

secondary

#DBCB9E

accent

#BB3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456DD9

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

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