#468ED2#468ED2

#468ED2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.126 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ED2
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -0.96, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 41.56, 268.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0444 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.126 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8273, 25.2988, 64.5877)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ED2 #D28A46

analogous

#46D2D0 #468ED2 #4648D2

triadic

#468ED2 #D2468E #8ED246

tetradic

#468ED2 #D046D2 #D28A46 #48D246

square

#468ED2 #D046D2 #D28A46 #48D246

split-complementary

#468ED2 #D24648 #D2D046

monochromatic

#1F507F #2B6FB0 #468ED2 #77ACDE #A8CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#468ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#468ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ED2

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ED2	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.126 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aee0',
    500: '#468ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ed2;
$custom-light: #88aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63118,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ED2

secondary

#D7B99C

accent

#9244E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ED2

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

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