#459EDE#459EDE

#459EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459EDE
RGB	rgb(69, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -6.22, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 40.66, 261.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0574 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.127 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8609, 30.9898, 73.6064)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459EDE #DE8545

analogous

#45DED2 #459EDE #4552DE

triadic

#459EDE #DE459E #9EDE45

tetradic

#459EDE #D245DE #DE8545 #52DE45

square

#459EDE #D245DE #DE8545 #52DE45

split-complementary

#459EDE #DE4552 #DED245

monochromatic

#195E8F #2380C3 #459EDE #79B9E7 #ADD4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#459EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#459EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #459EDE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459EDE	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C91DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bae8',
    500: '#459ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459ede;
$custom-light: #89bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.098,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67338,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459EDE

secondary

#DFBAA0

accent

#853BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #459EDE

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

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