#469DC5#469DC5

#469DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DC5
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -13.75, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 31.48, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0641 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.102 231)
XYZ	xyz(24.6569, 29.4447, 57.1964)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#469DC5 #C56E46

analogous

#46C5AE #469DC5 #465DC5

triadic

#469DC5 #C5469D #9DC546

tetradic

#469DC5 #AE46C5 #C56E46 #5DC546

square

#469DC5 #AE46C5 #C56E46 #5DC546

split-complementary

#469DC5 #C5465D #C5AE46

monochromatic

#23566E #317B9D #469DC5 #75B6D4 #A3CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#469DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#469DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DC5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DC5	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad6',
    500: '#469dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469dc5;
$custom-light: #86bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65943,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.29447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DC5

secondary

#CFA998

accent

#794CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DC5

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

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