#468BD3#468BD3

#468BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.130 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD3
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 1.14, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 43.41, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0412 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.13 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5119, 24.4681, 65.0991)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD3 #D38E46

analogous

#46D2D3 #468BD3 #4746D3

triadic

#468BD3 #D3468B #8BD346

tetradic

#468BD3 #D346D2 #D38E46 #46D347

square

#468BD3 #D346D2 #D38E46 #46D347

split-complementary

#468BD3 #D34746 #D2D346

monochromatic

#1E4E80 #2A6CB2 #468BD3 #77AADF #A9C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#468BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#468BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD3

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD3	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.130 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace1',
    500: '#468bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd3;
$custom-light: #88ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD3

secondary

#D8BB9D

accent

#9643E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD3

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

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