#468BCC#468BCC

#468BCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BCC
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -1.26, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 40.01, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0431 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.121 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6534, 24.1247, 60.5777)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BCC #CC8746

analogous

#46CCCA #468BCC #4648CC

triadic

#468BCC #CC468B #8BCC46

tetradic

#468BCC #CA46CC #CC8746 #48CC46

square

#468BCC #CA46CC #CC8746 #48CC46

split-complementary

#468BCC #CC4648 #CCCA46

monochromatic

#214D77 #2E6CA7 #468BCC #76A9D9 #A6C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#468BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BCC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BCC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdc',
    500: '#468bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bcc;
$custom-light: #87acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.104,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BCC

secondary

#D4B69A

accent

#9248E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BCC

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

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