#459EB6#459EB6

#459EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EB6
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -19.19, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 27.98, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0714 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.091 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1212, 29.0940, 48.6441)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EB6 #B65D45

analogous

#45B696 #459EB6 #4566B6

triadic

#459EB6 #B6459E #9EB645

tetradic

#459EB6 #9645B6 #B65D45 #66B645

square

#459EB6 #9645B6 #B65D45 #66B645

split-complementary

#459EB6 #B64566 #B69645

monochromatic

#23515D #34778A #459EB6 #70B6C9 #9CCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#459EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#459EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EB6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EB6	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bacc',
    500: '#459eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459eb6;
$custom-light: #84bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65498,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EB6

secondary

#C69C91

accent

#6F53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EB6

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

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