#459CC9#459CC9

#459CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CC9
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -12.08, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 33.10, 248.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0622 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.107 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8812, 29.2566, 59.5828)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459CC9 #C97245

analogous

#45C9B4 #459CC9 #455AC9

triadic

#459CC9 #C9459C #9CC945

tetradic

#459CC9 #B445C9 #C97245 #5AC945

square

#459CC9 #B445C9 #C97245 #5AC945

split-complementary

#459CC9 #C9455A #C9B445

monochromatic

#215772 #2F7BA2 #459CC9 #74B5D7 #A4CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#459CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#459CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459CC9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CC9	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9d9',
    500: '#459cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cc9;
$custom-light: #86b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65856,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CC9

secondary

#D1AC98

accent

#7C49DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CC9

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

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