#459CC2#459CC2

#459CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC2
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -14.34, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 30.86, 242.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0647 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.1 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0765, 28.9347, 55.3446)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CC2 #C26B45

analogous

#45C2AA #459CC2 #455EC2

triadic

#459CC2 #C2459C #9CC245

tetradic

#459CC2 #AA45C2 #C26B45 #5EC245

square

#459CC2 #AA45C2 #C26B45 #5EC245

split-complementary

#459CC2 #C2455E #C2AA45

monochromatic

#23546A #327998 #459CC2 #73B5D1 #A1CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#459CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#459CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d4',
    500: '#459cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc2;
$custom-light: #85b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC2

secondary

#CDA796

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC2

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

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