#468AD3#468AD3

#468AD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.131 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD3
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 1.73, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 43.88, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0402 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.131 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3678, 24.1798, 65.0510)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD3 #D38F46

analogous

#46D0D3 #468AD3 #4946D3

triadic

#468AD3 #D3468A #8AD346

tetradic

#468AD3 #D346D0 #D38F46 #46D349

square

#468AD3 #D346D0 #D38F46 #46D349

split-complementary

#468AD3 #D34946 #D0D346

monochromatic

#1E4E80 #2A6BB2 #468AD3 #77A9DF #A9C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#468AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD3	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.131 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe1',
    500: '#468ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad3;
$custom-light: #88abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.064,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62273,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD3

secondary

#D8BB9D

accent

#9743E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD3

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

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