#469CD9#469CD9

#469CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469CD9
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -6.62, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 39.18, 260.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0563 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.123 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9339, 30.0859, 70.0199)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469CD9 #D98346

analogous

#46D9CD #469CD9 #4653D9

triadic

#469CD9 #D9469C #9CD946

tetradic

#469CD9 #CD46D9 #D98346 #53D946

square

#469CD9 #CD46D9 #D98346 #53D946

split-complementary

#469CD9 #D94653 #D9CD46

monochromatic

#1C5C89 #267EBB #469CD9 #79B7E3 #ACD2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#469CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#469CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #469CD9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469CD9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9e5',
    500: '#469cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469cd9;
$custom-light: #89b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.898,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66664,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469CD9

secondary

#DCB89F

accent

#853FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #469CD9

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

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