#469EC6#469EC6

#469EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.102 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469EC6
RGB	rgb(70, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -13.97, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 31.62, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0648 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.102 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9417, 29.8304, 57.8585)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469EC6 #C66E46

analogous

#46C6AE #469EC6 #465EC6

triadic

#469EC6 #C6469E #9EC646

tetradic

#469EC6 #AE46C6 #C66E46 #5EC646

square

#469EC6 #AE46C6 #C66E46 #5EC646

split-complementary

#469EC6 #C6465E #C6AE46

monochromatic

#22576F #317C9E #469EC6 #75B7D4 #A4CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#469EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#469EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469EC6

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469EC6	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.102 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad7',
    500: '#469ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469ec6;
$custom-light: #87bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66223,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469EC6

secondary

#D0A998

accent

#794BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469EC6

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

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