#456F79#456F79

#456F79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.049 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456F79
RGB	rgb(69, 111, 121)
HSL	hsl(192, 27%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(192, 43%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, -11.78, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 15.54, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0406 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.049 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5886, 14.0138, 20.1797)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456F79 #794F45

analogous

#457969 #456F79 #455579

triadic

#456F79 #79456F #6F7945

tetradic

#456F79 #694579 #794F45 #557945

square

#456F79 #694579 #794F45 #557945

split-complementary

#456F79 #794555 #796945

monochromatic

#19272B #2F4B52 #456F79 #5B93A0 #81ADB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#456F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#456F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456F79

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456F79	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 111, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.049 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c989f',
    500: '#456f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456f79;
$custom-light: #7c989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 27.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51484,
    "c": 0.04927,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456F79

secondary

#A37F77

accent

#7664C4

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #456F79

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

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