#456eb7

Color #456eb7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#456eb7

RGB

rgb(69, 110, 183)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 45.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 62.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.3%, 39.9%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(46.76, 8.84, -42.92)

LCH

lch(46.76, 43.82, 281.64)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.1235, 261.1)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 27.1%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78e45

Analogous

#45a7b7

#456eb7

#5545b7

Triadic

#456eb7

#b7456e

#6eb745

Split-complementary

#456eb7

#b75545

#a7b745

Tetradic

#456eb7

#8e45b7

#b78e45

#6eb745

Square

#456eb7

#b745a7

#b78e45

#45b755

Shades

Color #456eb7 mixed toward black.

#3a5c98

#2e497a

#23375b

#17253d

#0c121e

Tints

Color #456eb7 mixed toward white.

#6386c4

#829ed0

#a1b6dc

#c1cfe7

#e0e7f3

Tones

Color #456eb7 mixed toward gray.

#4f71ad

#5873a4

#62769a

#6b7991

#747b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5aa9 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#5754a5 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#489d9a · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #456eb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#456eb7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#456eb7 (#456eb7) is rgb(69, 110, 183) in RGB.

No, #456eb7 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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