#469cb4

Color #469cb4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#469cb4

RGB

rgb(70, 156, 180)

HSL

hsl(193.1, 44%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.1, 61.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(60.22, -18.56, -20.22)

LCH

lch(60.22, 27.45, 227.45)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0893, 219)

HWB

hwb(193.1, 27.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b45e46

Analogous

#46b495

#469cb4

#4665b4

Triadic

#469cb4

#b4469c

#9cb446

Split-complementary

#469cb4

#b44665

#b49546

Tetradic

#469cb4

#5e46b4

#b45e46

#9cb446

Square

#469cb4

#9546b4

#b45e46

#65b446

Shades

Color #469cb4 mixed toward black.

#3a8296

#2f6878

#234e5a

#17343c

#0c1a1e

Tints

Color #469cb4 mixed toward white.

#63adc2

#82bece

#a1cedb

#c1dee7

#e0eff3

Tones

Color #469cb4 mixed toward gray.

#4f97ab

#5892a2

#618c98

#6b878f

#748286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576af · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#7069ad · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#4daaa9 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 19.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #469cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#469cb4]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#469cb4 (#469cb4) is rgb(70, 156, 180) in RGB.

No, #469cb4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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