#459CB8#459CB8

#459CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.092 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CB8
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -17.51, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 28.35, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0685 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.092 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9910, 28.5005, 49.6276)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CB8 #B86145

analogous

#45B89B #459CB8 #4562B8

triadic

#459CB8 #B8459C #9CB845

tetradic

#459CB8 #9B45B8 #B86145 #62B845

square

#459CB8 #9B45B8 #B86145 #62B845

split-complementary

#459CB8 #B84562 #B89B45

monochromatic

#24515F #34768B #459CB8 #71B4CA #9DCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#459CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CB8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CB8	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.092 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9cd',
    500: '#459cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cb8;
$custom-light: #84b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65101,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CB8

secondary

#C79F92

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CB8

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

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