#468AD8#468AD8

#468AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.137 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD8
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 3.46, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 46.39, 274.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0389 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.137 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0044, 24.4344, 68.4037)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD8 #D89446

analogous

#46D3D8 #468AD8 #4B46D8

triadic

#468AD8 #D8468A #8AD846

tetradic

#468AD8 #D846D3 #D89446 #46D84B

square

#468AD8 #D846D3 #D89446 #46D84B

split-complementary

#468AD8 #D84B46 #D3D846

monochromatic

#1C4E87 #276BBA #468AD8 #79AAE3 #ABCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#468AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD8	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.137 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe4',
    500: '#468ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad8;
$custom-light: #89abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.055,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62553,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD8

secondary

#DBBF9F

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD8

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

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