#456cc3

Color #456cc3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#456cc3

RGB

rgb(69, 108, 195)

HSL

hsl(221.4, 51.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.4, 64.6%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 44.6%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(46.88, 14.29, -49.66)

LCH

lch(46.88, 51.68, 286.05)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.1426, 264.08)

HWB

hwb(221.4, 27.1%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c39c45

Analogous

#45abc3

#456cc3

#5d45c3

Triadic

#456cc3

#c3456c

#6cc345

Split-complementary

#456cc3

#c35d45

#abc345

Tetradic

#456cc3

#9c45c3

#c39c45

#6cc345

Square

#456cc3

#c345ab

#c39c45

#45c35d

Shades

Color #456cc3 mixed toward black.

#3659a6

#2b4785

#203564

#152343

#0b1221

Tints

Color #456cc3 mixed toward white.

#6485cd

#839dd7

#a2b6e1

#c1ceeb

#e0e7f5

Tones

Color #456cc3 mixed toward gray.

#5070b9

#5a74ae

#6578a4

#6f7c99

#7a808f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5859b3 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#5653af · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#48a5a1 · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #456cc3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#456cc3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#456cc3 (#456cc3) is rgb(69, 108, 195) in RGB.

No, #456cc3 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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