#468BDF#468BDF

#468BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.145 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BDF
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 5.30, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 49.44, 276.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0382 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.145 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0728, 25.0924, 73.3197)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BDF #DF9A46

analogous

#46D8DF #468BDF #4D46DF

triadic

#468BDF #DF468B #8BDF46

tetradic

#468BDF #DF46D8 #DF9A46 #46DF4D

square

#468BDF #DF46D8 #DF9A46 #46DF4D

split-complementary

#468BDF #DF4D46 #D8DF46

monochromatic

#194F91 #226CC6 #468BDF #7AACE8 #AECCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#468BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#468BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BDF

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BDF	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.145 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace9',
    500: '#468bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bdf;
$custom-light: #8aace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.941,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63175,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BDF

secondary

#DFC3A2

accent

#9D3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BDF

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

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