#468CDB#468CDB

#468CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.139 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CDB
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 3.32, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 46.91, 274.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0401 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.139 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6853, 25.1702, 70.5615)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CDB #DB9546

analogous

#46D7DB #468CDB #4B46DB

triadic

#468CDB #DB468C #8CDB46

tetradic

#468CDB #DB46D7 #DB9546 #46DB4B

square

#468CDB #DB46D7 #DB9546 #46DB4B

split-complementary

#468CDB #DB4B46 #D7DB46

monochromatic

#1B508B #256DBF #468CDB #79ACE5 #ACCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#468CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CDB

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CDB	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.139 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade6',
    500: '#468cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cdb;
$custom-light: #89ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.812,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CDB

secondary

#DDC0A0

accent

#993DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CDB

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

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