#459CBE#459CBE

#459CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.097 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CBE
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -15.62, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 29.75, 238.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0662 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.097 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6333, 28.7574, 53.0105)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CBE #BE6745

analogous

#45BEA4 #459CBE #455FBE

triadic

#459CBE #BE459C #9CBE45

tetradic

#459CBE #A445BE #BE6745 #5FBE45

square

#459CBE #A445BE #BE6745 #5FBE45

split-complementary

#459CBE #BE455F #BEA445

monochromatic

#235365 #337893 #459CBE #72B4CE #A0CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#459CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CBE

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CBE	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.097 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d1',
    500: '#459cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cbe;
$custom-light: #85b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65359,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CBE

secondary

#CAA495

accent

#7650D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CBE

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

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