#459CBF#459CBF

#459CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.098 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CBF
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -15.30, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 30.02, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0658 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.098 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7430, 28.8013, 53.5880)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CBF #BF6845

analogous

#45BFA5 #459CBF #455FBF

triadic

#459CBF #BF459C #9CBF45

tetradic

#459CBF #A545BF #BF6845 #5FBF45

square

#459CBF #A545BF #BF6845 #5FBF45

split-complementary

#459CBF #BF455F #BFA545

monochromatic

#235366 #337894 #459CBF #73B4CF #A0CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#459CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CBF

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CBF	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.098 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d2',
    500: '#459cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cbf;
$custom-light: #85b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CBF

secondary

#CBA495

accent

#774FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CBF

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

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