#468DD9#468DD9

#468DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.135 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DD9
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 2.03, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 45.43, 272.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0416 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.135 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5704, 25.3590, 69.2321)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DD9 #D99246

analogous

#46D7D9 #468DD9 #4946D9

triadic

#468DD9 #D9468D #8DD946

tetradic

#468DD9 #D946D7 #D99246 #46D949

square

#468DD9 #D946D7 #D99246 #46D949

split-complementary

#468DD9 #D94946 #D7D946

monochromatic

#1C5089 #266EBB #468DD9 #79ACE3 #ACCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#468DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#468DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DD9

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DD9	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.135 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade5',
    500: '#468dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dd9;
$custom-light: #89ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.02,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DD9

secondary

#DCBE9F

accent

#973FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DD9

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

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