#468CD9#468CD9

#468CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CD9
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 2.62, -45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 45.91, 273.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0406 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.136 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4236, 25.0655, 69.1831)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CD9 #D99346

analogous

#46D5D9 #468CD9 #4A46D9

triadic

#468CD9 #D9468C #8CD946

tetradic

#468CD9 #D946D5 #D99346 #46D94A

square

#468CD9 #D946D5 #D99346 #46D94A

split-complementary

#468CD9 #D94A46 #D5D946

monochromatic

#1C5089 #266DBB #468CD9 #79ACE3 #ACCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#468CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#468CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CD9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CD9	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade5',
    500: '#468cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cd9;
$custom-light: #89ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63054,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CD9

secondary

#DCBF9F

accent

#983FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CD9

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

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