#469CB6#469CB6

#469CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.091 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469CB6
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, -17.95, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 27.80, 229.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0686 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.091 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8544, 28.4541, 48.5347)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469CB6 #B66046

analogous

#46B698 #469CB6 #4664B6

triadic

#469CB6 #B6469C #9CB646

tetradic

#469CB6 #9846B6 #B66046 #64B646

square

#469CB6 #9846B6 #B66046 #64B646

split-complementary

#469CB6 #B64664 #B69846

monochromatic

#24505E #35768A #469CB6 #71B4C8 #9DCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#469CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#469CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469CB6

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469CB6	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.091 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9cc',
    500: '#469cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469cb6;
$custom-light: #85b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469CB6

secondary

#C69E92

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469CB6

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

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