#459ACD#459ACD

#459ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459ACD
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -9.66, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 35.06, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0588 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.112 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0250, 28.7816, 61.9823)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459ACD #CD7845

analogous

#45CDBC #459ACD #4556CD

triadic

#459ACD #CD459A #9ACD45

tetradic

#459ACD #BC45CD #CD7845 #56CD45

square

#459ACD #BC45CD #CD7845 #56CD45

split-complementary

#459ACD #CD4556 #CDBC45

monochromatic

#205777 #2D7AA8 #459ACD #75B4DA #A5CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#459ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459ACD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459ACD	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7dc',
    500: '#459acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459acd;
$custom-light: #87b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65579,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459ACD

secondary

#D4B09A

accent

#8147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459ACD

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

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