#459AB9#459AB9

#459AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.093 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AB9
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -16.12, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 28.68, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0659 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.093 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7633, 27.8769, 50.0707)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AB9 #B96445

analogous

#45B99E #459AB9 #4560B9

triadic

#459AB9 #B9459A #9AB945

tetradic

#459AB9 #9E45B9 #B96445 #60B945

square

#459AB9 #9E45B9 #B96445 #60B945

split-complementary

#459AB9 #B94560 #B99E45

monochromatic

#245060 #34758C #459AB9 #71B2CA #9ECADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#459AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#459AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AB9

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AB9	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.093 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7ce',
    500: '#459ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ab9;
$custom-light: #84b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64665,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AB9

secondary

#C7A193

accent

#7552D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AB9

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

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