#468BD4#468BD4

#468BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.131 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD4
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 1.49, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 43.90, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0409 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.131 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6377, 24.5184, 65.7614)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD4 #D48F46

analogous

#46D2D4 #468BD4 #4846D4

triadic

#468BD4 #D4468B #8BD446

tetradic

#468BD4 #D446D2 #D48F46 #46D448

square

#468BD4 #D446D2 #D48F46 #46D448

split-complementary

#468BD4 #D44846 #D2D446

monochromatic

#1E4E81 #2A6CB3 #468BD4 #78AAE0 #A9C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#468BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#468BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD4

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD4	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.131 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace1',
    500: '#468bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd4;
$custom-light: #88ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.845,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62552,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD4

secondary

#D9BC9D

accent

#9642E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD4

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

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