#468CD3#468CD3

#468CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.129 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD3
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 0.55, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 42.95, 270.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0422 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.129 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6574, 24.7590, 65.1476)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD3 #D38D46

analogous

#46D2D3 #468CD3 #4746D3

triadic

#468CD3 #D3468C #8CD346

tetradic

#468CD3 #D346D2 #D38D46 #46D347

square

#468CD3 #D346D2 #D38D46 #46D347

split-complementary

#468CD3 #D34746 #D2D346

monochromatic

#1E4F80 #2A6DB2 #468CD3 #77ABDF #A9C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#468CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD3

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD3	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)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.129 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade1',
    500: '#468cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd3;
$custom-light: #88ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.213,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD3

secondary

#D8BB9D

accent

#9443E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD3

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

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