#459DB6#459DB6

#459DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.091 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DB6
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -18.66, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 27.96, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0704 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.091 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9513, 28.7542, 48.5875)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DB6 #B65E45

analogous

#45B697 #459DB6 #4565B6

triadic

#459DB6 #B6459D #9DB645

tetradic

#459DB6 #9745B6 #B65E45 #65B645

square

#459DB6 #9745B6 #B65E45 #65B645

split-complementary

#459DB6 #B64565 #B69745

monochromatic

#23505D #34778A #459DB6 #70B5C9 #9CCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#459DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#459DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DB6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DB6	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.091 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bacc',
    500: '#459db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459db6;
$custom-light: #84bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.274,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65257,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DB6

secondary

#C69D91

accent

#7053D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DB6

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

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