#459FB9#459FB9

#459FB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.093 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459FB9
RGB	rgb(69, 159, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -18.79, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 28.50, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0713 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.093 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6058, 29.5618, 50.3515)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459FB9 #B95F45

analogous

#45B999 #459FB9 #4565B9

triadic

#459FB9 #B9459F #9FB945

tetradic

#459FB9 #9945B9 #B95F45 #65B945

square

#459FB9 #9945B9 #B95F45 #65B945

split-complementary

#459FB9 #B94565 #B99945

monochromatic

#245260 #34798C #459FB9 #71B6CA #9ECDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#459FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#459FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #459FB9

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459FB9	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 159, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.093 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbce',
    500: '#459fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459fb9;
$custom-light: #85bbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65863,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459FB9

secondary

#C79E93

accent

#7052D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #459FB9

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

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