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#045C9D

#045C9Doklch(0.4658 0.1274 249.3)

#045C9D (#045C9D) is a dark moderately saturated blue, closest to the CSS color royalblue. In OKLCH it has lightness 46.6%, chroma 0.127 and hue 249.3°; its relative luminance is 10.1%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 88, WCAG 6.95:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).

#045C9D in every format

HEX#045C9D
RGBrgb(4 92 157)
HSLhsl(205.5 95.0% 31.6%)
HSB / HSVhsb(205.5 97.5% 61.6%)
HWBhwb(205.5 1.6% 38.4%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(97/41/0/38)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(93/62/10/1)
CIELAB (D50)lab(37.38 -3.28 -42.51)
LChlch(37.38 42.64 265.6)
OKLaboklab(0.4658 -0.0451 -0.1192)
OKLCHoklch(0.4658 0.1274 249.3)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.09962 0.10114 0.33326)
CIE xyYxyY(0.1865 0.1894 0.1011)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.1517 0.3550 0.5967)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.00121 0.10702 0.33716)
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Text on #045C9D

White textWCAG 6.95:1 · APCA Lc 88
Black textWCAG 3.02:1 · APCA Lc 21

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#045C9Dnormal
#3B60A0protanopia
#22549Cdeuteranopia
#006C75tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#D7F2FF
#ADDDFF
#7AC4FF
#61AAF1
#4791D6
#2D78BB
#0D60A2
#004988
#00326E
#001E4D
#000B2E

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#045C9D
#844A00
Analogous
#045C9D
#006681
#4D4E9F
Triadic
#045C9D
#92344A
#426600
Split complementary
#045C9D
#923A1A
#6A5900
Tetradic
#045C9D
#863871
#844A00
#006E3F

Similar colors

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Palettes with #045C9D

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Composition II in Red, Blue and Yellow · Piet Mondrian