#468AD2#468AD2

#468AD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.129 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD2
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 1.39, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 43.39, 271.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0404 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.129 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2428, 24.1298, 64.3929)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD2 #D28E46

analogous

#46D0D2 #468AD2 #4846D2

triadic

#468AD2 #D2468A #8AD246

tetradic

#468AD2 #D246D0 #D28E46 #46D248

square

#468AD2 #D246D0 #D28E46 #46D248

split-complementary

#468AD2 #D24846 #D0D246

monochromatic

#1F4D7F #2B6BB0 #468AD2 #77A9DE #A8C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#468AD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD2	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.129 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe0',
    500: '#468ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad2;
$custom-light: #88abe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD2

secondary

#D7BB9C

accent

#9644E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD2

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

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