#456EC9#456EC9

#456EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.148 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456EC9
RGB	rgb(69, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 15.16, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 53.83, 286.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% -0.0156 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.148 264)
XYZ	xyz(18.5691, 16.6323, 57.4788)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456EC9 #C9A045

analogous

#45B0C9 #456EC9 #5E45C9

triadic

#456EC9 #C9456E #6EC945

tetradic

#456EC9 #C945B0 #C9A045 #45C95E

square

#456EC9 #C945B0 #C9A045 #45C95E

split-complementary

#456EC9 #C95E45 #B0C945

monochromatic

#213A72 #2F53A2 #456EC9 #7493D7 #A4B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#456EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#456EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456EC9

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456EC9	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4178CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.148 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8697da',
    500: '#456ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ec9;
$custom-light: #8697da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55508,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456EC9

secondary

#D1C098

accent

#B049DE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456EC9

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

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