#468AC9#468AC9

#468AC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.118 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AC9
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -1.69, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 39.01, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0429 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.118 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1530, 23.6939, 58.6529)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AC9 #C98546

analogous

#46C9C7 #468AC9 #4648C9

triadic

#468AC9 #C9468A #8AC946

tetradic

#468AC9 #C746C9 #C98546 #48C946

square

#468AC9 #C746C9 #C98546 #48C946

split-complementary

#468AC9 #C94648 #C9C746

monochromatic

#224C73 #2F6BA2 #468AC9 #75A8D7 #A5C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#468AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AC9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AC9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.118 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd9',
    500: '#468ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ac9;
$custom-light: #86abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.855,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AC9

secondary

#D2B499

accent

#914ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AC9

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

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