#468BD6#468BD6

#468BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.134 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD6
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 2.18, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 44.90, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0404 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.134 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8915, 24.6199, 67.0983)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD6 #D69146

analogous

#46D3D6 #468BD6 #4946D6

triadic

#468BD6 #D6468B #8BD646

tetradic

#468BD6 #D646D3 #D69146 #46D649

square

#468BD6 #D646D3 #D69146 #46D649

split-complementary

#468BD6 #D64946 #D3D646

monochromatic

#1D4F84 #286CB6 #468BD6 #78AAE1 #AACAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#468BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#468BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD6	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.134 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace3',
    500: '#468bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd6;
$custom-light: #88ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62663,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD6

secondary

#DABD9E

accent

#9741E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD6

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

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