#469BB9#469BB9

#469BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.093 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469BB9
RGB	rgb(70, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -16.48, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 28.46, 234.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0664 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.093 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0006, 28.2452, 50.1293)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469BB9 #B96446

analogous

#46B99D #469BB9 #4662B9

triadic

#469BB9 #B9469B #9BB946

tetradic

#469BB9 #9D46B9 #B96446 #62B946

square

#469BB9 #9D46B9 #B96446 #62B946

split-complementary

#469BB9 #B94662 #B99D46

monochromatic

#245160 #35768D #469BB9 #72B3CA #9FCBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#469BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#469BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469BB9

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469BB9	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.093 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ce',
    500: '#469bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469bb9;
$custom-light: #85b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6494,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469BB9

secondary

#C7A194

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469BB9

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

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