#459AD6#459AD6

#459AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AD6
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 28%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -6.65, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 38.69, 260.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0559 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.121 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1428, 29.2287, 67.8692)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AD6 #D68145

analogous

#45D6CA #459AD6 #4551D6

triadic

#459AD6 #D6459A #9AD645

tetradic

#459AD6 #CA45D6 #D68145 #51D645

square

#459AD6 #CA45D6 #D68145 #51D645

split-complementary

#459AD6 #D64551 #D6CA45

monochromatic

#1D5984 #287BB6 #459AD6 #77B5E1 #A9D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#459AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#459AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AD6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AD6	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7e3',
    500: '#459ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ad6;
$custom-light: #88b7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66021,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AD6

secondary

#DAB69D

accent

#8641E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AD6

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

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