#468CDD#468CDD

#468CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.141 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CDD
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 4.01, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 47.92, 274.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0396 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.141 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9502, 25.2761, 71.9565)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CDD #DD9746

analogous

#46D8DD #468CDD #4B46DD

triadic

#468CDD #DD468C #8CDD46

tetradic

#468CDD #DD46D8 #DD9746 #46DD4B

square

#468CDD #DD46D8 #DD9746 #46DD4B

split-complementary

#468CDD #DD4B46 #D8DD46

monochromatic

#1A508E #246DC2 #468CDD #7AACE7 #ADCCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#468CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#468CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CDD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CDD	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.141 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade8',
    500: '#468cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cdd;
$custom-light: #89ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.185,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CDD

secondary

#DEC2A1

accent

#9A3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CDD

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

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