#459DC3#459DC3

#459DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DC3
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -14.56, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 31.01, 241.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0654 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.101 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3577, 29.3167, 55.9942)
Luminance	0.2932 (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

#459DC3 #C36B45

analogous

#45C3AA #459DC3 #455EC3

triadic

#459DC3 #C3459D #9DC345

tetradic

#459DC3 #AA45C3 #C36B45 #5EC345

square

#459DC3 #AA45C3 #C36B45 #5EC345

split-complementary

#459DC3 #C3455E #C3AA45

monochromatic

#23556B #317A99 #459DC3 #73B5D2 #A2CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#459DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#459DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DC3

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DC3	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad5',
    500: '#459dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dc3;
$custom-light: #86bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65818,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DC3

secondary

#CEA796

accent

#784DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DC3

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

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