#459AAD#459AAD

#459AAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AAD
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -19.83, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 26.53, 221.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0707 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.086 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5496, 27.3914, 43.6785)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AAD #AD5845

analogous

#45AD8C #459AAD #4566AD

triadic

#459AAD #AD459A #9AAD45

tetradic

#459AAD #8C45AD #AD5845 #66AD45

square

#459AAD #8C45AD #AD5845 #66AD45

split-complementary

#459AAD #AD4566 #AD8C45

monochromatic

#224C55 #347381 #459AAD #6BB4C4 #97CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#459AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#459AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AAD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AAD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c5',
    500: '#459aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459aad;
$custom-light: #83b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.962,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64164,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AAD

secondary

#C1968C

accent

#6C55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AAD

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

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