#459AAE#459AAE

#459AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AAE
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -19.53, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 26.65, 222.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0703 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.086 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6467, 27.4302, 44.1900)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AAE #AE5945

analogous

#45AE8E #459AAE #4565AE

triadic

#459AAE #AE459A #9AAE45

tetradic

#459AAE #8E45AE #AE5945 #65AE45

square

#459AAE #8E45AE #AE5945 #65AE45

split-complementary

#459AAE #AE4565 #AE8E45

monochromatic

#224C56 #347382 #459AAE #6CB4C5 #97CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#459AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#459AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AAE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AAE	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c6',
    500: '#459aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459aae;
$custom-light: #83b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AAE

secondary

#C2978D

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AAE

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

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