#468ED1#468ED1

#468ED1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ED1
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 209)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -1.30, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 41.09, 268.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0447 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.125 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.7031, 25.2491, 63.9336)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ED1 #D18946

analogous

#46D1CF #468ED1 #4649D1

triadic

#468ED1 #D1468E #8ED146

tetradic

#468ED1 #CF46D1 #D18946 #49D146

square

#468ED1 #CF46D1 #D18946 #49D146

split-complementary

#468ED1 #D14649 #D1CF46

monochromatic

#1F507D #2B6FAE #468ED1 #77ACDD #A8CAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#468ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#468ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ED1

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ED1	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedf',
    500: '#468ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ed1;
$custom-light: #88aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.25252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ED1

secondary

#D7B89C

accent

#9144E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ED1

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

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