#456FC9#456FC9

#456FC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.147 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#456FC9
RGB	rgb(69, 111, 201)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 14.53, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 53.23, 285.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% -0.0166 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.147 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6776, 16.8493, 57.5150)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#456FC9 #C99F45

analogous

#45B1C9 #456FC9 #5D45C9

triadic

#456FC9 #C9456F #6FC945

tetradic

#456FC9 #C945B1 #C99F45 #45C95D

square

#456FC9 #C945B1 #C99F45 #45C95D

split-complementary

#456FC9 #C95D45 #B1C945

monochromatic

#213B72 #2F54A2 #456FC9 #7494D7 #A4B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#456FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#456FC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #456FC9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##456FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##456FC9	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4379CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #456fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 111, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.147 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8697da',
    500: '#456fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #456fc9;
$custom-light: #8697da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#456fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55721,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#456FC9

secondary

#D1BF98

accent

#AF49DE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #456FC9

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

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