#459AB6#459AB6

#459AB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.091 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AB6
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -17.06, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 28.00, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0671 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.091 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4500, 27.7515, 48.4204)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AB6 #B66145

analogous

#45B69A #459AB6 #4562B6

triadic

#459AB6 #B6459A #9AB645

tetradic

#459AB6 #9A45B6 #B66145 #62B645

square

#459AB6 #9A45B6 #B66145 #62B645

split-complementary

#459AB6 #B64562 #B69A45

monochromatic

#234F5D #34748A #459AB6 #70B3C9 #9CCAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#459AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AB6

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AB6	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.091 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7cc',
    500: '#459ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ab6;
$custom-light: #84b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64536,
    "c": 0.09126,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AB6

secondary

#C69E91

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AB6

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

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