#468BD0#468BD0

#468BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD0
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 0.11, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 41.94, 270.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.042 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.126 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1394, 24.3190, 63.1369)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD0 #D08B46

analogous

#46D0D0 #468BD0 #4646D0

triadic

#468BD0 #D0468B #8BD046

tetradic

#468BD0 #D046D0 #D08B46 #46D046

square

#468BD0 #D046D0 #D08B46 #46D046

split-complementary

#468BD0 #D04646 #D0D046

monochromatic

#204E7C #2C6CAD #468BD0 #77AADC #A8C8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#468BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#468BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD0

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD0	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acde',
    500: '#468bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd0;
$custom-light: #87acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD0

secondary

#D6B99C

accent

#9445E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD0

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

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