#459BBD#459BBD

#459BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.096 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BBD
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -15.40, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 29.60, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0655 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.096 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3573, 28.3796, 52.3811)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BBD #BD6745

analogous

#45BDA3 #459BBD #455FBD

triadic

#459BBD #BD459B #9BBD45

tetradic

#459BBD #A345BD #BD6745 #5FBD45

square

#459BBD #A345BD #BD6745 #5FBD45

split-complementary

#459BBD #BD455F #BDA345

monochromatic

#245264 #347791 #459BBD #72B3CD #9FCCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#459BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#459BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BBD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BBD	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.096 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8d1',
    500: '#459bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bbd;
$custom-light: #85b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65078,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BBD

secondary

#CAA394

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BBD

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

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