#459CD8#459CD8

#459CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459CD8
RGB	rgb(69, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -7.11, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 38.84, 259.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0573 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.122 242)
XYZ	xyz(26.7326, 29.9971, 69.3336)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#459CD8 #D88145

analogous

#45D8CA #459CD8 #4552D8

triadic

#459CD8 #D8459C #9CD845

tetradic

#459CD8 #CA45D8 #D88145 #52D845

square

#459CD8 #CA45D8 #D88145 #52D845

split-complementary

#459CD8 #D84552 #D8CA45

monochromatic

#1C5B86 #277DB9 #459CD8 #78B7E3 #AAD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#459CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#459CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #459CD8

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459CD8	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e4',
    500: '#459cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459cd8;
$custom-light: #89b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6658,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.3
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459CD8

secondary

#DBB79E

accent

#8440E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459CD8

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

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