#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
RGBrgb(70, 139, 214)
HSLhsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(56.70, 2.18, -44.84)
CIE-LCHlch(56.70, 44.90, 272.78°)
OKLaboklab(62.66% -0.0404 -0.1273)
OKLCHoklch(62.66% 0.134 252.4)
XYZxyz(23.8915, 24.6199, 67.0983)
Luminance0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##468BD61.003.545.925.92
#FFFFFF3.541.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9221.001.001.00
##0000005.9221.001.001.00

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

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#468BD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva