#459AC8#459AC8

#459AC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.106 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AC8
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -11.30, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 33.22, 250.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0605 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.107 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4311, 28.5440, 58.8544)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AC8 #C87345

analogous

#45C8B5 #459AC8 #4558C8

triadic

#459AC8 #C8459A #9AC845

tetradic

#459AC8 #B545C8 #C87345 #58C845

square

#459AC8 #B545C8 #C87345 #58C845

split-complementary

#459AC8 #C84558 #C8B545

monochromatic

#215571 #2F79A0 #459AC8 #74B4D6 #A3CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#459AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AC8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AC8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.106 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7d9',
    500: '#459ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ac8;
$custom-light: #86b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65341,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AC8

secondary

#D1AC98

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AC8

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

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