#469CB8#469CB8

#469CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.092 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469CB8
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -17.33, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 28.20, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0679 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.092 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0625, 28.5374, 49.6310)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469CB8 #B86246

analogous

#46B89B #469CB8 #4663B8

triadic

#469CB8 #B8469C #9CB846

tetradic

#469CB8 #9B46B8 #B86246 #63B846

square

#469CB8 #9B46B8 #B86246 #63B846

split-complementary

#469CB8 #B84663 #B89B46

monochromatic

#24515F #35768C #469CB8 #72B4C9 #9ECBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#469CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#469CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469CB8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469CB8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.092 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9cd',
    500: '#469cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469cb8;
$custom-light: #85b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65137,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469CB8

secondary

#C7A093

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469CB8

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

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