#459BB6#459BB6

#459BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.091 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BB6
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -17.60, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 27.97, 231.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0682 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.091 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6157, 28.0830, 48.4756)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BB6 #B66045

analogous

#45B699 #459BB6 #4563B6

triadic

#459BB6 #B6459B #9BB645

tetradic

#459BB6 #9945B6 #B66045 #63B645

square

#459BB6 #9945B6 #B66045 #63B645

split-complementary

#459BB6 #B64563 #B69945

monochromatic

#234F5D #34758A #459BB6 #70B3C9 #9CCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#459BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#459BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BB6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BB6	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.091 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8cc',
    500: '#459bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bb6;
$custom-light: #84b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64776,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BB6

secondary

#C69E91

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BB6

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

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