#468ED8#468ED8

#468ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.133 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ED8
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 1.10, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 44.47, 271.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0428 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.133 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5889, 25.6034, 68.5985)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ED8 #D89046

analogous

#46D7D8 #468ED8 #4746D8

triadic

#468ED8 #D8468E #8ED846

tetradic

#468ED8 #D846D7 #D89046 #46D847

square

#468ED8 #D846D7 #D89046 #46D847

split-complementary

#468ED8 #D84746 #D7D846

monochromatic

#1C5187 #276FBA #468ED8 #79ADE3 #ABCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#468ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#468ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ED8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ED8	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.133 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee4',
    500: '#468ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ed8;
$custom-light: #89aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.411,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ED8

secondary

#DBBD9F

accent

#9540E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ED8

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

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