#468BDA#468BDA

#468BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.139 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BDA
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 3.56, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 46.90, 274.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0394 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.139 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4086, 24.8267, 69.8217)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BDA #DA9546

analogous

#46D5DA #468BDA #4B46DA

triadic

#468BDA #DA468B #8BDA46

tetradic

#468BDA #DA46D5 #DA9546 #46DA4B

square

#468BDA #DA46D5 #DA9546 #46DA4B

split-complementary

#468BDA #DA4B46 #D5DA46

monochromatic

#1C4F8A #266CBD #468BDA #79ABE4 #ACCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#468BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BDA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BDA	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.139 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace6',
    500: '#468bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bda;
$custom-light: #89ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.027,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BDA

secondary

#DCC0A0

accent

#9A3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BDA

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

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