#459BB5#459BB5

#459BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.091 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BB5
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -17.91, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 27.78, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0686 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.091 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5127, 28.0418, 47.9333)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BB5 #B55F45

analogous

#45B597 #459BB5 #4563B5

triadic

#459BB5 #B5459B #9BB545

tetradic

#459BB5 #9745B5 #B55F45 #63B545

square

#459BB5 #9745B5 #B55F45 #63B545

split-complementary

#459BB5 #B54563 #B59745

monochromatic

#234F5C #347589 #459BB5 #6FB3C8 #9BCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#459BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#459BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BB5

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BB5	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.091 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8cb',
    500: '#459bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bb5;
$custom-light: #84b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64734,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BB5

secondary

#C59D91

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BB5

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

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