#459FC9#459FC9

#459FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#459FC9
RGB	rgb(69, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -13.72, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 32.49, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0653 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.105 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3909, 30.2758, 59.7527)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#459FC9 #C96F45

analogous

#45C9B1 #459FC9 #455DC9

triadic

#459FC9 #C9459F #9FC945

tetradic

#459FC9 #B145C9 #C96F45 #5DC945

square

#459FC9 #B145C9 #C96F45 #5DC945

split-complementary

#459FC9 #C9455D #C9B145

monochromatic

#215972 #2F7DA2 #459FC9 #74B7D7 #A4D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#459FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#459FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #459FC9

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##459FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##459FC9	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #459fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbd9',
    500: '#459fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #459fc9;
$custom-light: #87bbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#459fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6656,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#459FC9

secondary

#D1AB98

accent

#7949DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #459FC9

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

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