#459DCB#459DCB

#459DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.108 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459DCB
RGB	rgb(69, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -11.97, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 33.56, 249.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0626 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.108 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2865, 29.6883, 60.8861)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459DCB #CB7345

analogous

#45CBB6 #459DCB #455ACB

triadic

#459DCB #CB459D #9DCB45

tetradic

#459DCB #B645CB #CB7345 #5ACB45

square

#459DCB #B645CB #CB7345 #5ACB45

split-complementary

#459DCB #CB455A #CBB645

monochromatic

#215875 #2E7CA5 #459DCB #75B6D8 #A5CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#459DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#459DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459DCB

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459DCB	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.108 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9db',
    500: '#459dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459dcb;
$custom-light: #87b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66183,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459DCB

secondary

#D3AD99

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459DCB

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

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