#468ECD#468ECD

#468ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ECD
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -2.66, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 39.21, 266.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0459 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.12 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2141, 25.0535, 61.3582)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ECD #CD8546

analogous

#46CDC9 #468ECD #464BCD

triadic

#468ECD #CD468E #8ECD46

tetradic

#468ECD #C946CD #CD8546 #4BCD46

square

#468ECD #C946CD #CD8546 #4BCD46

split-complementary

#468ECD #CD464B #CDC946

monochromatic

#204F78 #2D6FA8 #468ECD #76ABDA #A6C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#468ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#468ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ECD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ECD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 247.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ECD

secondary

#D4B59B

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ECD

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

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