#459DC6#459DC6

#459DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DC6
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -13.60, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 31.91, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0643 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.103 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7003, 29.4538, 57.7985)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DC6 #C66E45

analogous

#45C6AF #459DC6 #455DC6

triadic

#459DC6 #C6459D #9DC645

tetradic

#459DC6 #AF45C6 #C66E45 #5DC645

square

#459DC6 #AF45C6 #C66E45 #5DC645

split-complementary

#459DC6 #C6455D #C6AF45

monochromatic

#22566F #307B9E #459DC6 #74B6D4 #A3CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#459DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#459DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DC6

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DC6	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad7',
    500: '#459dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dc6;
$custom-light: #86bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65953,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DC6

secondary

#CFA997

accent

#794BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DC6

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

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