#468ED0#468ED0

#468ED0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.123 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ED0
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -1.64, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 40.61, 267.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.045 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.123 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5797, 25.1997, 63.2836)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ED0 #D08846

analogous

#46D0CD #468ED0 #4649D0

triadic

#468ED0 #D0468E #8ED046

tetradic

#468ED0 #CD46D0 #D08846 #49D046

square

#468ED0 #CD46D0 #D08846 #49D046

split-complementary

#468ED0 #D04649 #D0CD46

monochromatic

#20507C #2C6FAD #468ED0 #77ACDC #A8CAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#468ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ED0

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ED0	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.123 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aede',
    500: '#468ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ed0;
$custom-light: #87aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ED0

secondary

#D6B89C

accent

#9045E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ED0

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

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