#459AD8#459AD8

#459AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.123 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AD8
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -5.98, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 39.54, 261.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0553 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.123 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3998, 29.3315, 69.2227)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459AD8 #D88345

analogous

#45D8CC #459AD8 #4550D8

triadic

#459AD8 #D8459A #9AD845

tetradic

#459AD8 #CC45D8 #D88345 #50D845

square

#459AD8 #CC45D8 #D88345 #50D845

split-complementary

#459AD8 #D84550 #D8CC45

monochromatic

#1C5A86 #277BB9 #459AD8 #78B5E3 #AAD1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#459AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#459AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459AD8

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AD8	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.123 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7e4',
    500: '#459ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ad8;
$custom-light: #88b7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.306,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66122,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AD8

secondary

#DBB89E

accent

#8740E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AD8

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

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