#459CB6#459CB6

#459CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.091 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CB6
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -18.13, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 27.96, 229.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0693 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.091 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7828, 28.4172, 48.5313)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CB6 #B65F45

analogous

#45B698 #459CB6 #4564B6

triadic

#459CB6 #B6459C #9CB645

tetradic

#459CB6 #9845B6 #B65F45 #64B645

square

#459CB6 #9845B6 #B65F45 #64B645

split-complementary

#459CB6 #B64564 #B69845

monochromatic

#23505D #34768A #459CB6 #70B4C9 #9CCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#459CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#459CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CB6

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CB6	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.091 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9cc',
    500: '#459cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cb6;
$custom-light: #84b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65017,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CB6

secondary

#C69D91

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CB6

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

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