#469DB9#469DB9

#469DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.092 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DB9
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -17.55, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 28.37, 231.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0686 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.092 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3362, 28.9164, 50.2411)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DB9 #B96246

analogous

#46B99C #469DB9 #4663B9

triadic

#469DB9 #B9469D #9DB946

tetradic

#469DB9 #9C46B9 #B96246 #63B946

square

#469DB9 #9C46B9 #B96246 #63B946

split-complementary

#469DB9 #B94663 #B99C46

monochromatic

#245260 #35778D #469DB9 #72B5CA #9FCCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#469DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#469DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DB9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DB9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.092 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bace',
    500: '#469db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469db9;
$custom-light: #85bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DB9

secondary

#C7A094

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DB9

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

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