#468BD5#468BD5

#468BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.132 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD5
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 1.83, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 44.40, 272.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0406 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.132 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7642, 24.5690, 66.4278)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD5 #D59046

analogous

#46D3D5 #468BD5 #4846D5

triadic

#468BD5 #D5468B #8BD546

tetradic

#468BD5 #D546D3 #D59046 #46D548

square

#468BD5 #D546D3 #D59046 #46D548

split-complementary

#468BD5 #D54846 #D3D546

monochromatic

#1E4F83 #296CB5 #468BD5 #78AAE0 #AACAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#468BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#468BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD5

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD5	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.132 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace2',
    500: '#468bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd5;
$custom-light: #88ace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.049,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62607,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD5

secondary

#D9BC9E

accent

#9742E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD5

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

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