#459CB9#459CB9

#459CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CB9
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -17.19, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 28.56, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0681 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.093 223)
XYZ	xyz(23.0962, 28.5426, 50.1816)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CB9 #B96245

analogous

#45B99C #459CB9 #4562B9

triadic

#459CB9 #B9459C #9CB945

tetradic

#459CB9 #9C45B9 #B96245 #62B945

square

#459CB9 #9C45B9 #B96245 #62B945

split-complementary

#459CB9 #B94562 #B99C45

monochromatic

#245160 #34768C #459CB9 #71B4CA #9ECBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#459CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#459CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CB9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9ce',
    500: '#459cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cb9;
$custom-light: #84b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65143,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.28545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CB9

secondary

#C7A093

accent

#7352D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CB9

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

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