#456696

Color #456696

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#456696

RGB

rgb(69, 102, 150)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 37%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 54%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 32%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(42.72, 2.59, -29.89)

LCH

lch(42.72, 30, 274.95)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.0861, 257.66)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 27.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#967545

Analogous

#458e96

#456696

#4c4596

Triadic

#456696

#964566

#669645

Split-complementary

#456696

#964c45

#8e9645

Tetradic

#456696

#754596

#967545

#669645

Square

#456696

#96458e

#967545

#45964c

Shades

Color #456696 mixed toward black.

#39557d

#2e4464

#22334b

#172232

#0b1119

Tints

Color #456696 mixed toward white.

#597db3

#7a97c2

#9bb1d1

#bdcbe0

#dee5f0

Tones

Color #456696 mixed toward gray.

#4c678f

#526888

#596a82

#606b7b

#676c74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55558c · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#53518a · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#478482 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 18

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #456696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#456696]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#456696 (#456696) is rgb(69, 102, 150) in RGB.

No, #456696 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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