#468BD1#468BD1

#468BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD1
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 0.45, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 42.43, 270.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0417 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.127 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2628, 24.3684, 63.7868)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD1 #D18C46

analogous

#46D0D1 #468BD1 #4746D1

triadic

#468BD1 #D1468B #8BD146

tetradic

#468BD1 #D146D0 #D18C46 #46D147

square

#468BD1 #D146D0 #D18C46 #46D147

split-complementary

#468BD1 #D14746 #D0D146

monochromatic

#1F4E7D #2B6CAE #468BD1 #77AADD #A8C8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#468BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD1

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD1	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdf',
    500: '#468bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd1;
$custom-light: #87acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.216,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62387,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD1

secondary

#D7BA9C

accent

#9444E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD1

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

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