#469BC5#469BC5

#469BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469BC5
RGB	rgb(70, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -12.66, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 31.86, 246.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.062 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.103 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3212, 28.7735, 57.0846)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469BC5 #C57046

analogous

#46C5B0 #469BC5 #465BC5

triadic

#469BC5 #C5469B #9BC546

tetradic

#469BC5 #B046C5 #C57046 #5BC546

square

#469BC5 #B046C5 #C57046 #5BC546

split-complementary

#469BC5 #C5465B #C5B046

monochromatic

#23556E #31799D #469BC5 #75B4D4 #A3CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#469BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#469BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469BC5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469BC5	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d6',
    500: '#469bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469bc5;
$custom-light: #86b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.843,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65472,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469BC5

secondary

#CFAA98

accent

#7C4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469BC5

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

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