#468AD5#468AD5

#468AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.133 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD5
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 2.42, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 44.88, 273.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0397 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.133 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6201, 24.2807, 66.3797)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD5 #D59146

analogous

#46D1D5 #468AD5 #4946D5

triadic

#468AD5 #D5468A #8AD546

tetradic

#468AD5 #D546D1 #D59146 #46D549

square

#468AD5 #D546D1 #D59146 #46D549

split-complementary

#468AD5 #D54946 #D1D546

monochromatic

#1E4E83 #296BB5 #468AD5 #78AAE0 #AAC9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#468AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#468AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD5	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.133 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe2',
    500: '#468ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad5;
$custom-light: #88abe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.469,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD5

secondary

#D9BD9E

accent

#9842E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD5

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

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