#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
RGB	rgb(70, 155, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -6.06, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 39.53, 261.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0553 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.123 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7667, 29.7517, 69.9642)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##469BD9	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #469BD9

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

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