#459DC9#459DC9

#459DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.106 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DC9
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -12.63, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 32.88, 247.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0633 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.106 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0497, 29.5936, 59.6390)
Luminance	0.2960 (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

#459DC9 #C97145

analogous

#45C9B3 #459DC9 #455BC9

triadic

#459DC9 #C9459D #9DC945

tetradic

#459DC9 #B345C9 #C97145 #5BC945

square

#459DC9 #B345C9 #C97145 #5BC945

split-complementary

#459DC9 #C9455B #C9B345

monochromatic

#215772 #2F7CA2 #459DC9 #74B6D7 #A4CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#459DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#459DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DC9

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DC9	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.106 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9d9',
    500: '#459dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dc9;
$custom-light: #86b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6609,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DC9

secondary

#D1AB98

accent

#7B49DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DC9

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

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