#468EC9#468EC9

#468EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC9
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -4.02, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 37.37, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0471 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.115 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7375, 24.8628, 58.8477)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC9 #C98146

analogous

#46C9C3 #468EC9 #464CC9

triadic

#468EC9 #C9468E #8EC946

tetradic

#468EC9 #C346C9 #C98146 #4CC946

square

#468EC9 #C346C9 #C98146 #4CC946

split-complementary

#468EC9 #C9464C #C9C346

monochromatic

#224E73 #2F6FA2 #468EC9 #75ABD7 #A5C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#468EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC9

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC9	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed9',
    500: '#468ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec9;
$custom-light: #86aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.023,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC9

secondary

#D2B399

accent

#8D4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC9

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

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