#459DBC#459DBC

#459DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.095 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DBC
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -16.79, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 29.17, 234.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.068 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.095 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5847, 29.0076, 51.9233)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DBC #BC6445

analogous

#45BC9F #459DBC #4561BC

triadic

#459DBC #BC459D #9DBC45

tetradic

#459DBC #9F45BC #BC6445 #61BC45

square

#459DBC #9F45BC #BC6445 #61BC45

split-complementary

#459DBC #BC4561 #BC9F45

monochromatic

#245263 #347890 #459DBC #72B5CC #9FCCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#459DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#459DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DBC

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DBC	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.095 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad0',
    500: '#459dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dbc;
$custom-light: #85bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DBC

secondary

#C9A294

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DBC

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

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