#459BC6#459BC6

#459BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BC6
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -12.50, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 32.30, 247.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0622 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.104 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3647, 28.7826, 57.6867)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BC6 #C67045

analogous

#45C6B0 #459BC6 #455BC6

triadic

#459BC6 #C6459B #9BC645

tetradic

#459BC6 #B045C6 #C67045 #5BC645

square

#459BC6 #B045C6 #C67045 #5BC645

split-complementary

#459BC6 #C6455B #C6B045

monochromatic

#22556F #30799E #459BC6 #74B4D4 #A3CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#459BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BC6

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BC6	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d7',
    500: '#459bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bc6;
$custom-light: #86b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BC6

secondary

#CFAA97

accent

#7C4BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BC6

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

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