#468DCD#468DCD

#468DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DCD
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -2.08, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 39.62, 266.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0449 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.121 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0660, 24.7573, 61.3088)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DCD #CD8646

analogous

#46CDC9 #468DCD #464ACD

triadic

#468DCD #CD468D #8DCD46

tetradic

#468DCD #C946CD #CD8646 #4ACD46

square

#468DCD #C946CD #CD8646 #4ACD46

split-complementary

#468DCD #CD464A #CDC946

monochromatic

#204F78 #2D6EA8 #468DCD #76ABDA #A6C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#468DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DCD

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DCD	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedc',
    500: '#468dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dcd;
$custom-light: #87aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62625,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DCD

secondary

#D4B69B

accent

#9047E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DCD

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

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