#469DC6#469DC6

#469DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DC6
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -13.43, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 31.79, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0637 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.103 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7718, 29.4907, 57.8019)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DC6 #C66F46

analogous

#46C6AF #469DC6 #465DC6

triadic

#469DC6 #C6469D #9DC646

tetradic

#469DC6 #AF46C6 #C66F46 #5DC646

square

#469DC6 #AF46C6 #C66F46 #5DC646

split-complementary

#469DC6 #C6465D #C6AF46

monochromatic

#22576F #317B9E #469DC6 #75B6D4 #A4CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#469DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#469DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DC6

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DC6	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad7',
    500: '#469dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469dc6;
$custom-light: #86bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65988,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DC6

secondary

#D0AA98

accent

#7A4BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DC6

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

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