#459AB8#459AB8

#459AB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.093 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AB8
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -16.44, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 28.45, 234.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0663 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.093 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6581, 27.8348, 49.5167)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AB8 #B86345

analogous

#45B89D #459AB8 #4561B8

triadic

#459AB8 #B8459A #9AB845

tetradic

#459AB8 #9D45B8 #B86345 #61B845

square

#459AB8 #9D45B8 #B86345 #61B845

split-complementary

#459AB8 #B84561 #B89D45

monochromatic

#244F5F #34758B #459AB8 #71B2CA #9DCADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#459AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#459AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AB8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AB8	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.093 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7cd',
    500: '#459ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ab8;
$custom-light: #84b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64622,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AB8

secondary

#C7A092

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AB8

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

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