#468CD4#468CD4

#468CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.130 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD4
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 0.90, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 43.44, 271.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0419 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.13 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7831, 24.8093, 65.8099)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD4 #D48E46

analogous

#46D3D4 #468CD4 #4746D4

triadic

#468CD4 #D4468C #8CD446

tetradic

#468CD4 #D446D3 #D48E46 #46D447

square

#468CD4 #D446D3 #D48E46 #46D447

split-complementary

#468CD4 #D44746 #D3D446

monochromatic

#1E4F81 #2A6DB3 #468CD4 #78ABE0 #A9CAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#468CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD4

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD4	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#6C90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.130 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade1',
    500: '#468cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd4;
$custom-light: #88ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.423,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD4

secondary

#D9BB9D

accent

#9542E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD4

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

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