#468BCF#468BCF

#468BCF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#468BCF
RGBrgb(70, 139, 207)
HSLhsl(210, 59%, 54%)
HSVhsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(56.36, -0.23, -41.45)
CIE-LCHlch(56.36, 41.45, 269.68°)
OKLaboklab(62.28% -0.0423 -0.1174)
OKLCHoklch(62.28% 0.125 250.2)
XYZxyz(23.0167, 24.2700, 62.4910)
Luminance0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#468BCF #CF8A46
analogous
#46CFCE #468BCF #4647CF
triadic
#468BCF #CF468B #8BCF46
tetradic
#468BCF #CE46CF #CF8A46 #47CF46
square
#468BCF #CE46CF #CF8A46 #47CF46
split-complementary
#468BCF #CF4647 #CFCE46
monochromatic
#204E7B #2C6CAB #468BCF #77A9DC #A7C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59
#468BCF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85
#468BCF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BCF
5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##468BCF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##468BCF1.003.595.855.85
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8521.001.001.00
##0000005.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D8ED2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A81CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #468bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 250.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acde',
    500: '#468bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #468bcf;
$custom-light: #87acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#468bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.781,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62278,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#468BCF
secondary
#D5B89B
accent
#9346E2
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BCF

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#468BCF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva