#456ED9#456ED9

#456ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.170 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456ED9
RGB	rgb(69, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 20.83, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 62.73, 289.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0134 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.17 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5502, 17.4248, 67.9125)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456ED9 #D9B045

analogous

#45B8D9 #456ED9 #6645D9

triadic

#456ED9 #D9456E #6ED945

tetradic

#456ED9 #D945B8 #D9B045 #45D966

square

#456ED9 #D945B8 #D9B045 #45D966

split-complementary

#456ED9 #D96645 #B8D945

monochromatic

#1C3A88 #264FBB #456ED9 #7896E3 #ABBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#456ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#456ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456ED9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456ED9	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.170 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997e5',
    500: '#456ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456ed9;
$custom-light: #8997e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.378,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56592,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456ED9

secondary

#DBCB9E

accent

#BA3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #456ED9

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

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