#459DC8#459DC8

#459DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.105 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DC8
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -12.95, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 32.55, 246.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0636 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.105 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9325, 29.5467, 59.0215)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DC8 #C87045

analogous

#45C8B2 #459DC8 #455BC8

triadic

#459DC8 #C8459D #9DC845

tetradic

#459DC8 #B245C8 #C87045 #5BC845

square

#459DC8 #B245C8 #C87045 #5BC845

split-complementary

#459DC8 #C8455B #C8B245

monochromatic

#215771 #2F7BA0 #459DC8 #74B6D6 #A3CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#459DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#459DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DC8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DC8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.105 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad9',
    500: '#459dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dc8;
$custom-light: #86bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DC8

secondary

#D1AB98

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DC8

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

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