#468BCE#468BCE

#468BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BCE
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -0.57, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 40.97, 269.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0425 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.124 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8949, 24.2212, 61.8491)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BCE #CE8946

analogous

#46CECD #468BCE #4647CE

triadic

#468BCE #CE468B #8BCE46

tetradic

#468BCE #CD46CE #CE8946 #47CE46

square

#468BCE #CD46CE #CE8946 #47CE46

split-complementary

#468BCE #CE4647 #CECD46

monochromatic

#204D79 #2D6CAA #468BCE #76A9DB #A7C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#468BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#468BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BCE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BCE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdd',
    500: '#468bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bce;
$custom-light: #87acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.559,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BCE

secondary

#D5B79B

accent

#9346E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BCE

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

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