#469AC9#469AC9

#469AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.107 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469AC9
RGB	rgb(70, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -10.81, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 33.47, 251.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0595 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.107 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6199, 28.6278, 59.4752)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469AC9 #C97546

analogous

#46C9B7 #469AC9 #4658C9

triadic

#469AC9 #C9469A #9AC946

tetradic

#469AC9 #B746C9 #C97546 #58C946

square

#469AC9 #B746C9 #C97546 #58C946

split-complementary

#469AC9 #C94658 #C9B746

monochromatic

#225673 #2F79A2 #469AC9 #75B4D7 #A5CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#469AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#469AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469AC9

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469AC9	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.107 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d9',
    500: '#469ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469ac9;
$custom-light: #87b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.527,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65424,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469AC9

secondary

#D2AD99

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469AC9

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

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