#459CC0#459CC0

#459CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.098 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC0
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -14.98, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 30.29, 240.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0655 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.098 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8534, 28.8454, 54.1696)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CC0 #C06945

analogous

#45C0A6 #459CC0 #455EC0

triadic

#459CC0 #C0459C #9CC045

tetradic

#459CC0 #A645C0 #C06945 #5EC045

square

#459CC0 #A645C0 #C06945 #5EC045

split-complementary

#459CC0 #C0455E #C0A645

monochromatic

#235368 #337895 #459CC0 #73B4CF #A0CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#459CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#459CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC0

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC0	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.098 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d3',
    500: '#459cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc0;
$custom-light: #85b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65448,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC0

secondary

#CCA595

accent

#774FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC0

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

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