#468AC5#468AC5

#468AC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.113 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AC5
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -3.05, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 37.13, 265.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0441 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.113 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6886, 23.5081, 56.2070)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AC5 #C58146

analogous

#46C5C0 #468AC5 #464BC5

triadic

#468AC5 #C5468A #8AC546

tetradic

#468AC5 #C046C5 #C58146 #4BC546

square

#468AC5 #C046C5 #C58146 #4BC546

split-complementary

#468AC5 #C5464B #C5C046

monochromatic

#234B6E #316B9D #468AC5 #75A7D4 #A3C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#468AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#468AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AC5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AC5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.113 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd7',
    500: '#468ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ac5;
$custom-light: #86abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.874,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AC5

secondary

#CFB198

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AC5

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

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