#469DC3#469DC3

#469DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.100 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DC3
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -14.39, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 30.88, 242.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0648 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.1 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4292, 29.3536, 55.9976)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DC3 #C36C46

analogous

#46C3AB #469DC3 #465FC3

triadic

#469DC3 #C3469D #9DC346

tetradic

#469DC3 #AB46C3 #C36C46 #5FC346

square

#469DC3 #AB46C3 #C36C46 #5FC346

split-complementary

#469DC3 #C3465F #C3AB46

monochromatic

#23566C #327A9A #469DC3 #74B5D2 #A2CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#469DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#469DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DC3

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DC3	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.100 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad5',
    500: '#469dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469dc3;
$custom-light: #86bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65853,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DC3

secondary

#CEA897

accent

#784DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DC3

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

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