#459AE6#459AE6

#459AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.140 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459AE6
RGB	rgb(69, 154, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -1.21, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 45.84, 268.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0512 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.14 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2874, 30.0865, 79.1640)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#459AE6 #E69145

analogous

#45E6E1 #459AE6 #4549E6

triadic

#459AE6 #E6459A #9AE645

tetradic

#459AE6 #E145E6 #E69145 #49E645

square

#459AE6 #E145E6 #E69145 #49E645

split-complementary

#459AE6 #E64549 #E6E145

monochromatic

#155C9C #1C7CD2 #459AE6 #7BB7ED #B1D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#459AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#459AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #459AE6

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459AE6	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.140 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7ee',
    500: '#459ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ae6;
$custom-light: #8bb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.323,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66854,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459AE6

secondary

#E3C2A4

accent

#8F35F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #459AE6

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

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