#459CB3#459CB3

#459CB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.089 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CB3
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -19.06, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 27.45, 226.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0705 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.089 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4761, 28.2945, 46.9160)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CB3 #B35C45

analogous

#45B393 #459CB3 #4565B3

triadic

#459CB3 #B3459C #9CB345

tetradic

#459CB3 #9345B3 #B35C45 #65B345

square

#459CB3 #9345B3 #B35C45 #65B345

split-complementary

#459CB3 #B34565 #B39345

monochromatic

#234F5B #347687 #459CB3 #6EB5C7 #9ACBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#459CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#459CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CB3

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CB3	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)

#8D98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.089 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c9',
    500: '#459cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cb3;
$custom-light: #84b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.545,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64892,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CB3

secondary

#C49B8F

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CB3

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

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