#459DB9#459DB9

#459DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DB9
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -17.73, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 28.52, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0692 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.093 222)
XYZ	xyz(23.2647, 28.8795, 50.2378)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DB9 #B96145

analogous

#45B99B #459DB9 #4563B9

triadic

#459DB9 #B9459D #9DB945

tetradic

#459DB9 #9B45B9 #B96145 #63B945

square

#459DB9 #9B45B9 #B96145 #63B945

split-complementary

#459DB9 #B94563 #B99B45

monochromatic

#245160 #34778C #459DB9 #71B5CA #9ECCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#459DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#459DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DB9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DB9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bace',
    500: '#459db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459db9;
$custom-light: #84bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.28882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DB9

secondary

#C79F93

accent

#7252D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DB9

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

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