#459EC6#459EC6

#459EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EC6
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -14.14, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 31.74, 243.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0654 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.103 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8701, 29.7935, 57.8552)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EC6 #C66D45

analogous

#45C6AE #459EC6 #455DC6

triadic

#459EC6 #C6459E #9EC645

tetradic

#459EC6 #AE45C6 #C66D45 #5DC645

square

#459EC6 #AE45C6 #C66D45 #5DC645

split-complementary

#459EC6 #C6455D #C6AE45

monochromatic

#22576F #307C9E #459EC6 #74B6D4 #A3CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#459EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#459EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EC6

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EC6	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad7',
    500: '#459ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ec6;
$custom-light: #86bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66189,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EC6

secondary

#CFA997

accent

#784BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EC6

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

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