#468CD5#468CD5

#468CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.131 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD5
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 1.24, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 43.93, 271.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0416 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.131 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9097, 24.8599, 66.4763)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD5 #D58F46

analogous

#46D4D5 #468CD5 #4746D5

triadic

#468CD5 #D5468C #8CD546

tetradic

#468CD5 #D546D4 #D58F46 #46D547

square

#468CD5 #D546D4 #D58F46 #46D547

split-complementary

#468CD5 #D54746 #D4D546

monochromatic

#1E4F83 #296DB5 #468CD5 #78ABE0 #AACAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#468CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD5

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD5	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)

#6C90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.131 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade2',
    500: '#468cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd5;
$custom-light: #88ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.629,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62831,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD5

secondary

#D9BC9E

accent

#9642E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD5

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

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