#459EB9#459EB9

#459EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EB9
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -18.26, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 28.50, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0703 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.093 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4345, 29.2193, 50.2944)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EB9 #B96045

analogous

#45B99A #459EB9 #4564B9

triadic

#459EB9 #B9459E #9EB945

tetradic

#459EB9 #9A45B9 #B96045 #64B945

square

#459EB9 #9A45B9 #B96045 #64B945

split-complementary

#459EB9 #B94564 #B99A45

monochromatic

#245260 #34788C #459EB9 #71B5CA #9ECDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#459EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#459EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EB9

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EB9	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bace',
    500: '#459eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459eb9;
$custom-light: #85bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EB9

secondary

#C79F93

accent

#7152D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EB9

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

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