#459AB4#459AB4

#459AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.090 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AB4
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -17.68, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 27.60, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0679 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.09 221)
XYZ	xyz(22.2448, 27.6694, 47.3396)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AB4 #B45F45

analogous

#45B497 #459AB4 #4563B4

triadic

#459AB4 #B4459A #9AB445

tetradic

#459AB4 #9745B4 #B45F45 #63B445

square

#459AB4 #9745B4 #B45F45 #63B445

split-complementary

#459AB4 #B44563 #B49745

monochromatic

#234E5C #347488 #459AB4 #6FB3C8 #9BCAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#459AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AB4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AB4	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.090 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8ca',
    500: '#459ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ab4;
$custom-light: #84b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.27672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AB4

secondary

#C59C90

accent

#7254D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AB4

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

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