#459CC3#459CC3

#459CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC3
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -14.02, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 31.16, 243.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0644 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.101 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1892, 28.9798, 55.9380)
Luminance	0.2898 (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

#459CC3 #C36C45

analogous

#45C3AB #459CC3 #455DC3

triadic

#459CC3 #C3459C #9CC345

tetradic

#459CC3 #AB45C3 #C36C45 #5DC345

square

#459CC3 #AB45C3 #C36C45 #5DC345

split-complementary

#459CC3 #C3455D #C3AB45

monochromatic

#23556B #317999 #459CC3 #73B5D2 #A2CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#459CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#459CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC3	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9d5',
    500: '#459cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc3;
$custom-light: #86b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC3

secondary

#CEA796

accent

#794DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC3

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

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