#468BD8#468BD8

#468BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.136 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD8
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 2.87, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 45.90, 273.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0399 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.136 253)
XYZ	xyz(24.1485, 24.7227, 68.4517)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD8 #D89346

analogous

#46D4D8 #468BD8 #4A46D8

triadic

#468BD8 #D8468B #8BD846

tetradic

#468BD8 #D846D4 #D89346 #46D84A

square

#468BD8 #D846D4 #D89346 #46D84A

split-complementary

#468BD8 #D84A46 #D4D846

monochromatic

#1C4F87 #276CBA #468BD8 #79ABE3 #ABCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#468BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD8	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.136 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace4',
    500: '#468bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd8;
$custom-light: #89ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.644,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62775,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.24725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD8

secondary

#DBBF9F

accent

#9940E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD8

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

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