#469AB9#469AB9

#469AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.093 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469AB9
RGB	rgb(70, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -15.94, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 28.54, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0653 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.093 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8349, 27.9138, 50.0740)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469AB9 #B96546

analogous

#46B99F #469AB9 #4660B9

triadic

#469AB9 #B9469A #9AB946

tetradic

#469AB9 #9F46B9 #B96546 #60B946

square

#469AB9 #9F46B9 #B96546 #60B946

split-complementary

#469AB9 #B94660 #B99F46

monochromatic

#245060 #35758D #469AB9 #72B2CA #9FCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#469AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#469AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469AB9

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469AB9	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.093 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7ce',
    500: '#469ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469ab9;
$custom-light: #85b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469AB9

secondary

#C7A294

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469AB9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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