#459CB4#459CB4

#459CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.090 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CB4
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -18.75, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 27.61, 227.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0701 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.09 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5776, 28.3351, 47.4505)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CB4 #B45D45

analogous

#45B495 #459CB4 #4565B4

triadic

#459CB4 #B4459C #9CB445

tetradic

#459CB4 #9545B4 #B45D45 #65B445

square

#459CB4 #9545B4 #B45D45 #65B445

split-complementary

#459CB4 #B44565 #B49545

monochromatic

#234F5C #347688 #459CB4 #6FB4C8 #9BCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#459CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#459CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CB4

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CB4	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.090 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9ca',
    500: '#459cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cb4;
$custom-light: #84b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64934,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CB4

secondary

#C59B90

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CB4

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

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