#468BCA#468BCA

#468BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BCA
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -1.94, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 39.06, 267.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0437 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.119 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4151, 24.0293, 59.3225)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BCA #CA8546

analogous

#46CAC7 #468BCA #4649CA

triadic

#468BCA #CA468B #8BCA46

tetradic

#468BCA #C746CA #CA8546 #49CA46

square

#468BCA #C746CA #CA8546 #49CA46

split-complementary

#468BCA #CA4649 #CAC746

monochromatic

#214D74 #2F6CA4 #468BCA #76A9D8 #A5C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#468BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BCA

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BCA	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acda',
    500: '#468bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bca;
$custom-light: #86acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62011,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BCA

secondary

#D2B59A

accent

#9049DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BCA

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

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