#468CD6#468CD6

#468CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.133 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD6
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 1.59, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 44.42, 272.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0414 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.133 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0370, 24.9108, 67.1468)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD6 #D69046

analogous

#46D4D6 #468CD6 #4846D6

triadic

#468CD6 #D6468C #8CD646

tetradic

#468CD6 #D646D4 #D69046 #46D648

square

#468CD6 #D646D4 #D69046 #46D648

split-complementary

#468CD6 #D64846 #D4D646

monochromatic

#1D4F84 #286DB6 #468CD6 #78ABE1 #AACAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#468CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#468CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD6	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)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.133 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade3',
    500: '#468cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd6;
$custom-light: #88ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.833,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD6

secondary

#DABD9E

accent

#9641E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD6

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

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