#459EC3#459EC3

#459EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.100 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EC3
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -15.11, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 30.86, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0665 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.1 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5275, 29.6565, 56.0508)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EC3 #C36A45

analogous

#45C3A9 #459EC3 #455FC3

triadic

#459EC3 #C3459E #9EC345

tetradic

#459EC3 #A945C3 #C36A45 #5FC345

square

#459EC3 #A945C3 #C36A45 #5FC345

split-complementary

#459EC3 #C3455F #C3A945

monochromatic

#23566B #317B99 #459EC3 #73B6D2 #A2CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#459EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#459EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EC3

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EC3	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.100 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad5',
    500: '#459ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ec3;
$custom-light: #86bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66055,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EC3

secondary

#CEA696

accent

#774DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EC3

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

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