#459BAE#459BAE

#459BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.087 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BAE
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -20.06, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 26.73, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0714 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.087 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8125, 27.7617, 44.2452)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BAE #AE5845

analogous

#45AE8C #459BAE #4567AE

triadic

#459BAE #AE459B #9BAE45

tetradic

#459BAE #8C45AE #AE5845 #67AE45

square

#459BAE #8C45AE #AE5845 #67AE45

split-complementary

#459BAE #AE4567 #AE8C45

monochromatic

#224D56 #347482 #459BAE #6CB4C5 #97CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#459BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#459BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BAE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BAE	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.087 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c6',
    500: '#459bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bae;
$custom-light: #83b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64447,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BAE

secondary

#C2968D

accent

#6C55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BAE

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

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