#469BD9#469BD9

#469BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#469BD9
RGBrgb(70, 155, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.44, -6.06, -39.07)
CIE-LCHlch(61.44, 39.53, 261.19°)
OKLaboklab(66.44% -0.0553 -0.1103)
OKLCHoklch(66.44% 0.123 243.4)
XYZxyz(26.7667, 29.7517, 69.9642)
Luminance0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#469BD9 #D98446
analogous
#46D9CD #469BD9 #4652D9
triadic
#469BD9 #D9469B #9BD946
tetradic
#469BD9 #CD46D9 #D98446 #52D946
square
#469BD9 #CD46D9 #D98446 #52D946
split-complementary
#469BD9 #D94652 #D9CD46
monochromatic
#1C5B89 #267DBB #469BD9 #79B6E3 #ACD2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02
#469BD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95
#469BD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469BD9
6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##469BD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##469BD91.003.026.956.95
#FFFFFF3.021.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9521.001.001.00
##0000006.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F9CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B8ED8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #469bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 155, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 243.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8e5',
    500: '#469bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #469bd9;
$custom-light: #89b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#469bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.306,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66435,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#469BD9
secondary
#DCB99F
accent
#873FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#469BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva