#459EC9#459EC9

#459EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.106 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EC9
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -13.17, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 32.68, 246.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0643 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.106 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2196, 29.9333, 59.6956)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EC9 #C97045

analogous

#45C9B2 #459EC9 #455CC9

triadic

#459EC9 #C9459E #9EC945

tetradic

#459EC9 #B245C9 #C97045 #5CC945

square

#459EC9 #B245C9 #C97045 #5CC945

split-complementary

#459EC9 #C9455C #C9B245

monochromatic

#215872 #2F7CA2 #459EC9 #74B7D7 #A4CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#459EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#459EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459EC9

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EC9	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.106 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad9',
    500: '#459ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ec9;
$custom-light: #86bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66325,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EC9

secondary

#D1AB98

accent

#7A49DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EC9

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

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