#468AD7#468AD7

#468AD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.136 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD7
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 35.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 3.12, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 45.88, 273.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0391 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.136 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8755, 24.3829, 67.7249)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD7 #D79346

analogous

#46D2D7 #468AD7 #4A46D7

triadic

#468AD7 #D7468A #8AD746

tetradic

#468AD7 #D746D2 #D79346 #46D74A

square

#468AD7 #D746D2 #D79346 #46D74A

split-complementary

#468AD7 #D74A46 #D2D746

monochromatic

#1D4E86 #286BB8 #468AD7 #78AAE2 #ABCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#468AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD7

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD7	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.136 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe4',
    500: '#468ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad7;
$custom-light: #88abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.862,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62496,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD7

secondary

#DABE9E

accent

#9940E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD7

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

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