#459BBB#459BBB

#459BBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BBB
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -16.03, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 29.09, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0663 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.095 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1417, 28.2934, 51.2457)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BBB #BB6545

analogous

#45BBA0 #459BBB #4560BB

triadic

#459BBB #BB459B #9BBB45

tetradic

#459BBB #A045BB #BB6545 #60BB45

square

#459BBB #A045BB #BB6545 #60BB45

split-complementary

#459BBB #BB4560 #BBA045

monochromatic

#245162 #34768F #459BBB #72B3CB #9FCBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#459BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#459BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BBB

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BBB	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cf',
    500: '#459bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bbb;
$custom-light: #85b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6499,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BBB

secondary

#C8A294

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BBB

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

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