#459CBC#459CBC

#459CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.095 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CBC
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -16.25, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 29.25, 236.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.067 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.095 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4162, 28.6706, 51.8671)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CBC #BC6545

analogous

#45BCA0 #459CBC #4561BC

triadic

#459CBC #BC459C #9CBC45

tetradic

#459CBC #A045BC #BC6545 #61BC45

square

#459CBC #A045BC #BC6545 #61BC45

split-complementary

#459CBC #BC4561 #BCA045

monochromatic

#245263 #347790 #459CBC #72B4CC #9FCCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#459CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#459CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CBC

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CBC	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.095 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d0',
    500: '#459cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cbc;
$custom-light: #85b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65272,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CBC

secondary

#C9A294

accent

#7551D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CBC

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

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