#459EBD#459EBD

#459EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.096 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EBD
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -17.01, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 29.34, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0687 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.096 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8627, 29.3906, 52.5496)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EBD #BD6445

analogous

#45BDA0 #459EBD #4562BD

triadic

#459EBD #BD459E #9EBD45

tetradic

#459EBD #A045BD #BD6445 #62BD45

square

#459EBD #A045BD #BD6445 #62BD45

split-complementary

#459EBD #BD4562 #BDA045

monochromatic

#245364 #347991 #459EBD #72B6CD #9FCDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#459EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#459EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EBD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EBD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.096 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad1',
    500: '#459ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ebd;
$custom-light: #85bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65793,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EBD

secondary

#CAA294

accent

#7351D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EBD

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

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