#459BC8#459BC8

#459BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.106 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459BC8
RGB	rgb(69, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -11.85, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 32.98, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0615 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.106 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5969, 28.8755, 58.9096)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459BC8 #C87245

analogous

#45C8B4 #459BC8 #4559C8

triadic

#459BC8 #C8459B #9BC845

tetradic

#459BC8 #B445C8 #C87245 #59C845

square

#459BC8 #B445C8 #C87245 #59C845

split-complementary

#459BC8 #C84559 #C8B445

monochromatic

#215671 #2F7AA0 #459BC8 #74B4D6 #A3CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#459BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#459BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459BC8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459BC8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.106 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d9',
    500: '#459bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459bc8;
$custom-light: #86b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65575,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459BC8

secondary

#D1AC98

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459BC8

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

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