#459EC8#459EC8

#459EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EC8
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -13.50, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 32.36, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0646 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.105 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1023, 29.8864, 59.0781)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EC8 #C86F45

analogous

#45C8B1 #459EC8 #455CC8

triadic

#459EC8 #C8459E #9EC845

tetradic

#459EC8 #B145C8 #C86F45 #5CC845

square

#459EC8 #B145C8 #C86F45 #5CC845

split-complementary

#459EC8 #C8455C #C8B145

monochromatic

#215871 #2F7CA0 #459EC8 #74B7D6 #A3CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#459EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#459EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EC8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EC8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad9',
    500: '#459ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ec8;
$custom-light: #86bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66279,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EC8

secondary

#D1AA98

accent

#794ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EC8

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

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