#469CC9#469CC9

#469CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.106 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469CC9
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -11.91, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 32.99, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0616 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.106 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9528, 29.2935, 59.5862)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469CC9 #C97346

analogous

#46C9B5 #469CC9 #465AC9

triadic

#469CC9 #C9469C #9CC946

tetradic

#469CC9 #B546C9 #C97346 #5AC946

square

#469CC9 #B546C9 #C97346 #5AC946

split-complementary

#469CC9 #C9465A #C9B546

monochromatic

#225773 #2F7BA2 #469CC9 #75B5D7 #A5CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#469CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#469CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469CC9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469CC9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.106 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#469cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469cc9;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469CC9

secondary

#D2AD99

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469CC9

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

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