#459CAE#459CAE

#459CAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.087 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CAE
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -20.58, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 26.83, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0725 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.087 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9796, 28.0959, 44.3009)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CAE #AE5745

analogous

#45AE8C #459CAE #4567AE

triadic

#459CAE #AE459C #9CAE45

tetradic

#459CAE #8C45AE #AE5745 #67AE45

square

#459CAE #8C45AE #AE5745 #67AE45

split-complementary

#459CAE #AE4567 #AE8C45

monochromatic

#224D56 #347582 #459CAE #6CB5C5 #97CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#459CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#459CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CAE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CAE	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.087 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9c6',
    500: '#459cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cae;
$custom-light: #83b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6469,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CAE

secondary

#C2968D

accent

#6A55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CAE

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

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