#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
RGBrgb(70, 141, 217)
HSLhsl(211, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.42, 2.03, -45.39)
CIE-LCHlch(57.42, 45.43, 272.56°)
OKLaboklab(63.28% -0.0416 -0.1288)
OKLCHoklch(63.28% 0.135 252.1)
XYZxyz(24.5704, 25.3590, 69.2321)
Luminance0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##468DD91.003.466.076.07
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0721.001.001.00
##0000006.0721.001.001.00

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

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#468DD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva