#459DC4#459DC4

#459DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DC4
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -14.24, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 31.30, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.065 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.102 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4711, 29.3621, 56.5916)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#459DC4 #C46C45

analogous

#45C4AC #459DC4 #455EC4

triadic

#459DC4 #C4459D #9DC445

tetradic

#459DC4 #AC45C4 #C46C45 #5EC445

square

#459DC4 #AC45C4 #C46C45 #5EC445

split-complementary

#459DC4 #C4455E #C4AC45

monochromatic

#22566C #317A9B #459DC4 #73B5D3 #A2CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#459DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#459DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DC4

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DC4	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad6',
    500: '#459dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dc4;
$custom-light: #86bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65863,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DC4

secondary

#CEA897

accent

#784DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DC4

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

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