#468BC9#468BC9

#468BC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC9
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -2.28, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 38.59, 266.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.044 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.117 248)
XYZ	xyz(22.2971, 23.9821, 58.7010)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC9 #C98446

analogous

#46C9C6 #468BC9 #4649C9

triadic

#468BC9 #C9468B #8BC946

tetradic

#468BC9 #C646C9 #C98446 #49C946

square

#468BC9 #C646C9 #C98446 #49C946

split-complementary

#468BC9 #C94649 #C9C646

monochromatic

#224C73 #2F6CA2 #468BC9 #75A9D7 #A5C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#468BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC9	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd9',
    500: '#468bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc9;
$custom-light: #86acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.397,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61958,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC9

secondary

#D2B499

accent

#904ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC9

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

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