#456aa3

Color #456aa3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.93 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#456aa3

RGB

rgb(69, 106, 163)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 40.5%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 57.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.7%, 35%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(44.54, 4.46, -34.73)

LCH

lch(44.54, 35.02, 277.32)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.1, 258.76)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 27.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a37e45

Analogous

#4599a3

#456aa3

#4f45a3

Triadic

#456aa3

#a3456a

#6aa345

Split-complementary

#456aa3

#a34f45

#99a345

Tetradic

#456aa3

#7e45a3

#a37e45

#6aa345

Square

#456aa3

#a34599

#a37e45

#45a34f

Shades

Color #456aa3 mixed toward black.

#3a5888

#2e476d

#233552

#172336

#0c121b

Tints

Color #456aa3 mixed toward white.

#5c81ba

#7d9ac8

#9db4d6

#becde3

#dee6f1

Tones

Color #456aa3 mixed toward gray.

#4d6c9b

#556d93

#5d6f8c

#647184

#6c727c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575898 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#555295 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#478e8c · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #456aa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#456aa3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#456aa3 (#456aa3) is rgb(69, 106, 163) in RGB.

No, #456aa3 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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