#468BD2#468BD2

#468BD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD2
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 0.80, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 42.92, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0414 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.129 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3870, 24.4181, 64.4409)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD2 #D28D46

analogous

#46D1D2 #468BD2 #4746D2

triadic

#468BD2 #D2468B #8BD246

tetradic

#468BD2 #D246D1 #D28D46 #46D247

square

#468BD2 #D246D1 #D28D46 #46D247

split-complementary

#468BD2 #D24746 #D1D246

monochromatic

#1F4E7F #2B6CB0 #468BD2 #77AADE #A8C9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#468BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD2

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD2	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace0',
    500: '#468bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd2;
$custom-light: #88ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62442,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD2

secondary

#D7BA9C

accent

#9544E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD2

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

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