#468BDB#468BDB

#468BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.140 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BDB
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 3.91, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 47.41, 274.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0391 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.14 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5399, 24.8792, 70.5130)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BDB #DB9646

analogous

#46D5DB #468BDB #4C46DB

triadic

#468BDB #DB468B #8BDB46

tetradic

#468BDB #DB46D5 #DB9646 #46DB4C

square

#468BDB #DB46D5 #DB9646 #46DB4C

split-complementary

#468BDB #DB4C46 #D5DB46

monochromatic

#1B4F8B #256CBF #468BDB #79ABE5 #ACCBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#468BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#468BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BDB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BDB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.140 253.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.215,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62945,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BDB

secondary

#DDC1A0

accent

#9A3DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BDB

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

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