#459BB9#459BB9

#459BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.093 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BB9
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -16.66, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 28.61, 234.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.067 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.093 224)
XYZ	xyz(22.9291, 28.2083, 50.1259)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BB9 #B96345

analogous

#45B99D #459BB9 #4561B9

triadic

#459BB9 #B9459B #9BB945

tetradic

#459BB9 #9D45B9 #B96345 #61B945

square

#459BB9 #9D45B9 #B96345 #61B945

split-complementary

#459BB9 #B94561 #B99D45

monochromatic

#245060 #34768C #459BB9 #71B3CA #9ECBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#459BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#459BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BB9

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BB9	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.093 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8ce',
    500: '#459bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bb9;
$custom-light: #84b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.28211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BB9

secondary

#C7A093

accent

#7452D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BB9

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

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