#459CC5#459CC5

#459CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.103 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC5
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -13.38, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 31.78, 245.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0636 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.103 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4168, 29.0708, 57.1369)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CC5 #C56E45

analogous

#45C5AE #459CC5 #455CC5

triadic

#459CC5 #C5459C #9CC545

tetradic

#459CC5 #AE45C5 #C56E45 #5CC545

square

#459CC5 #AE45C5 #C56E45 #5CC545

split-complementary

#459CC5 #C5455C #C5AE45

monochromatic

#22556D #317A9C #459CC5 #74B5D4 #A2CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#459CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#459CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC5

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC5	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.103 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9d6',
    500: '#459cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc5;
$custom-light: #86b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65672,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC5

secondary

#CFA997

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC5

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

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