#468DC9#468DC9

#468DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC9
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -3.44, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 37.76, 264.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.046 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.116 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5893, 24.5666, 58.7984)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC9 #C98246

analogous

#46C9C4 #468DC9 #464BC9

triadic

#468DC9 #C9468D #8DC946

tetradic

#468DC9 #C446C9 #C98246 #4BC946

square

#468DC9 #C446C9 #C98246 #4BC946

split-complementary

#468DC9 #C9464B #C9C446

monochromatic

#224E73 #2F6EA2 #468DC9 #75AAD7 #A5C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#468DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#468DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed9',
    500: '#468dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc9;
$custom-light: #86aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.481,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62416,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC9

secondary

#D2B399

accent

#8E4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC9

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

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