#468BD9#468BD9

#468BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.137 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BD9
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 3.22, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 46.40, 273.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0396 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.137 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2782, 24.7746, 69.1347)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BD9 #D99446

analogous

#46D4D9 #468BD9 #4B46D9

triadic

#468BD9 #D9468B #8BD946

tetradic

#468BD9 #D946D4 #D99446 #46D94B

square

#468BD9 #D946D4 #D99446 #46D94B

split-complementary

#468BD9 #D94B46 #D4D946

monochromatic

#1C4F89 #266CBB #468BD9 #79ABE3 #ACCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#468BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BD9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BD9	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.137 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace5',
    500: '#468bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bd9;
$custom-light: #89ace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.837,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62831,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BD9

secondary

#DCBF9F

accent

#993FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BD9

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

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