#468CD8#468CD8

#468CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.135 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD8
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 2.28, -45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 45.41, 272.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0408 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.135 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2940, 25.0136, 68.5002)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD8 #D89246

analogous

#46D5D8 #468CD8 #4946D8

triadic

#468CD8 #D8468C #8CD846

tetradic

#468CD8 #D846D5 #D89246 #46D849

square

#468CD8 #D846D5 #D89246 #46D849

split-complementary

#468CD8 #D84946 #D5D846

monochromatic

#1C5087 #276DBA #468CD8 #79ABE3 #ABCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#468CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#468CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD8

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD8	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.135 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade4',
    500: '#468cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd8;
$custom-light: #89ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.233,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD8

secondary

#DBBE9F

accent

#9740E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD8

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

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