#468FC9#468FC9

#468FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468FC9
RGB	rgb(70, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -4.59, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 36.98, 262.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0481 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.114 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8869, 25.1617, 58.8976)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468FC9 #C98046

analogous

#46C9C2 #468FC9 #464DC9

triadic

#468FC9 #C9468F #8FC946

tetradic

#468FC9 #C246C9 #C98046 #4DC946

square

#468FC9 #C246C9 #C98046 #4DC946

split-complementary

#468FC9 #C9464D #C9C246

monochromatic

#224F73 #2F6FA2 #468FC9 #75ACD7 #A5C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#468FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468FC9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468FC9	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afd9',
    500: '#468fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468fc9;
$custom-light: #86afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.565,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468FC9

secondary

#D2B299

accent

#8B4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468FC9

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

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