#469DC9#469DC9

#469DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.106 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DC9
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -12.46, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 32.77, 247.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0626 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.106 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1213, 29.6305, 59.6423)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DC9 #C97246

analogous

#46C9B4 #469DC9 #465BC9

triadic

#469DC9 #C9469D #9DC946

tetradic

#469DC9 #B446C9 #C97246 #5BC946

square

#469DC9 #B446C9 #C97246 #5BC946

split-complementary

#469DC9 #C9465B #C9B446

monochromatic

#225873 #2F7CA2 #469DC9 #75B6D7 #A5CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#469DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#469DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DC9

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DC9	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.106 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d9',
    500: '#469dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469dc9;
$custom-light: #87b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.153,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DC9

secondary

#D2AC99

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DC9

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

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