#469DB5#469DB5

#469DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DB5
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -18.79, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 27.63, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0701 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.09 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9199, 28.7499, 48.0485)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DB5 #B55E46

analogous

#46B596 #469DB5 #4666B5

triadic

#469DB5 #B5469D #9DB546

tetradic

#469DB5 #9646B5 #B55E46 #66B546

square

#469DB5 #9646B5 #B55E46 #66B546

split-complementary

#469DB5 #B54666 #B59646

monochromatic

#24505D #357789 #469DB5 #70B5C8 #9CCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#469DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#469DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DB5

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DB5	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bacb',
    500: '#469db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469db5;
$custom-light: #85bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65251,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DB5

secondary

#C59D92

accent

#7054D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DB5

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

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