#468AD9#468AD9

#468AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.138 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AD9
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 3.81, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 46.89, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0386 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.138 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1341, 24.4863, 69.0866)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AD9 #D99546

analogous

#46D3D9 #468AD9 #4C46D9

triadic

#468AD9 #D9468A #8AD946

tetradic

#468AD9 #D946D3 #D99546 #46D94C

square

#468AD9 #D946D3 #D99546 #46D94C

split-complementary

#468AD9 #D94C46 #D3D946

monochromatic

#1C4E89 #266BBB #468AD9 #79AAE3 #ACCAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#468AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#468AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AD9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AD9	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.138 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe5',
    500: '#468ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ad9;
$custom-light: #89abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.245,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6261,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AD9

secondary

#DCC09F

accent

#9A3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AD9

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

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