#459AB3#459AB3

#459AB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.089 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AB3
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -17.99, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 27.41, 228.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0683 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.089 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1433, 27.6288, 46.8050)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AB3 #B35E45

analogous

#45B395 #459AB3 #4563B3

triadic

#459AB3 #B3459A #9AB345

tetradic

#459AB3 #9545B3 #B35E45 #63B345

square

#459AB3 #9545B3 #B35E45 #63B345

split-complementary

#459AB3 #B34563 #B39545

monochromatic

#234E5B #347487 #459AB3 #6EB3C7 #9ACAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#459AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#459AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AB3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AB3	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.089 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c9',
    500: '#459ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ab3;
$custom-light: #84b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AB3

secondary

#C49B8F

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AB3

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

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