#459FB3#459FB3

#459FB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.090 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459FB3
RGB	rgb(69, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -20.63, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 27.63, 221.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0737 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.09 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9858, 29.3138, 47.0859)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459FB3 #B35945

analogous

#45B390 #459FB3 #4568B3

triadic

#459FB3 #B3459F #9FB345

tetradic

#459FB3 #9045B3 #B35945 #68B345

square

#459FB3 #9045B3 #B35945 #68B345

split-complementary

#459FB3 #B34568 #B39045

monochromatic

#23515B #347887 #459FB3 #6EB7C7 #9ACDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#459FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#459FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459FB3

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459FB3	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.090 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbc9',
    500: '#459fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459fb3;
$custom-light: #84bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65617,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459FB3

secondary

#C4998F

accent

#6B54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #459FB3

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

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