#459CC1#459CC1

#459CC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC1
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 193)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -14.66, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 30.57, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0651 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.099 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9646, 28.8899, 54.7551)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CC1 #C16A45

analogous

#45C1A8 #459CC1 #455EC1

triadic

#459CC1 #C1459C #9CC145

tetradic

#459CC1 #A845C1 #C16A45 #5EC145

square

#459CC1 #A845C1 #C16A45 #5EC145

split-complementary

#459CC1 #C1455E #C1A845

monochromatic

#235469 #327997 #459CC1 #73B4D0 #A1CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#459CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#459CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC1

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC1	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d3',
    500: '#459cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc1;
$custom-light: #85b9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65492,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC1

secondary

#CCA696

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC1

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

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