#456E7A#456E7A

#456E7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.050 H 218.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456E7A
RGB	rgb(69, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(194, 28%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 43%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -10.92, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 15.61, 225.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% -0.0389 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.05 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5418, 13.8214, 20.4682)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456E7A #7A5145

analogous

#457A6C #456E7A #45537A

triadic

#456E7A #7A456E #6E7A45

tetradic

#456E7A #6C457A #7A5145 #537A45

square

#456E7A #6C457A #7A5145 #537A45

split-complementary

#456E7A #7A4553 #7A6C45

monochromatic

#19282C #2F4B53 #456E7A #5B91A1 #81ACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#456E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#456E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456E7A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456E7A	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E657A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.050 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c97a0',
    500: '#456e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456e7a;
$custom-light: #7c97a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 27.749,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51275,
    "c": 0.04954,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456E7A

secondary

#A38177

accent

#7A64C4

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #456E7A

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

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