#456c78

Color #456c78

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#456c78

RGB

rgb(69, 108, 120)

HSL

hsl(194.1, 27%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.1, 42.5%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.5%, 10%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(43.28, -10.34, -11.01)

LCH

lch(43.28, 15.1, 226.8)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.0478, 219.31)

HWB

hwb(194.1, 27.1%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#785145

Analogous

#45786b

#456c78

#455378

Triadic

#456c78

#78456c

#6c7845

Split-complementary

#456c78

#784553

#786b45

Tetradic

#456c78

#514578

#785145

#6c7845

Square

#456c78

#6b4578

#785145

#537845

Shades

Color #456c78 mixed toward black.

#3a5a64

#2e4850

#23363c

#172428

#0c1214

Tints

Color #456c78 mixed toward white.

#598b9a

#77a3b1

#99bac4

#bbd1d8

#dde8eb

Tones

Color #456c78 mixed toward gray.

#496a74

#4e6870

#52656b

#566367

#5a6163

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585975 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#565375 · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#487372 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #456c78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#456c78]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#456c78 (#456c78) is rgb(69, 108, 120) in RGB.

No, #456c78 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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