#456EA4#456EA4

#456EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.097 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456EA4
RGB	rgb(69, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(214, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(214, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 2.33, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 33.47, 273.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% -0.0239 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.097 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7287, 15.0962, 37.2524)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456EA4 #A47B45

analogous

#459DA4 #456EA4 #4B45A4

triadic

#456EA4 #A4456E #6EA445

tetradic

#456EA4 #A4459D #A47B45 #45A44B

square

#456EA4 #A4459D #A47B45 #45A44B

split-complementary

#456EA4 #A44B45 #9DA445

monochromatic

#21344E #335179 #456EA4 #678DBF #92ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#456EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#456EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456EA4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456EA4	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5871A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C68A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.097 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8097bf',
    500: '#456ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ea4;
$custom-light: #8097bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.105,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53278,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456EA4

secondary

#BDA688

accent

#9C57D1

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #456EA4

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

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