#469CBC#469CBC

#469CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.095 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469CBC
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -16.07, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 29.11, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0663 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.095 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4878, 28.7075, 51.8705)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469CBC #BC6646

analogous

#46BCA1 #469CBC #4661BC

triadic

#469CBC #BC469C #9CBC46

tetradic

#469CBC #A146BC #BC6646 #61BC46

square

#469CBC #A146BC #BC6646 #61BC46

split-complementary

#469CBC #BC4661 #BCA146

monochromatic

#245264 #347790 #469CBC #73B4CC #A0CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#469CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#469CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469CBC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469CBC	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.095 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d0',
    500: '#469cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469cbc;
$custom-light: #85b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65308,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469CBC

secondary

#C9A395

accent

#7551D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469CBC

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

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