#459BAD#459BAD

#459BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BAD
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -20.36, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 26.62, 220.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0718 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.086 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7154, 27.7229, 43.7337)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BAD #AD5745

analogous

#45AD8B #459BAD #4567AD

triadic

#459BAD #AD459B #9BAD45

tetradic

#459BAD #8B45AD #AD5745 #67AD45

square

#459BAD #8B45AD #AD5745 #67AD45

split-complementary

#459BAD #AD4567 #AD8B45

monochromatic

#224D55 #347481 #459BAD #6BB5C4 #97CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#459BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#459BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BAD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BAD	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c5',
    500: '#459bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bad;
$custom-light: #83b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BAD

secondary

#C1968C

accent

#6B55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BAD

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

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