#456EC8#456EC8

#456EC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456EC8
RGB	rgb(69, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 14.80, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 53.27, 286.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% -0.0158 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.147 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4519, 16.5854, 56.8613)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456EC8 #C89F45

analogous

#45B0C8 #456EC8 #5D45C8

triadic

#456EC8 #C8456E #6EC845

tetradic

#456EC8 #C845B0 #C89F45 #45C85D

square

#456EC8 #C845B0 #C89F45 #45C85D

split-complementary

#456EC8 #C85D45 #B0C845

monochromatic

#213A71 #2F53A0 #456EC8 #7493D6 #A3B8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#456EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#456EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456EC8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456EC8	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8697d9',
    500: '#456ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ec8;
$custom-light: #8697d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.221,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55443,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456EC8

secondary

#D1BF98

accent

#B04ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456EC8

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

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