#468AC8#468AC8

#468AC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AC8
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -2.03, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 38.54, 266.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0432 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.117 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0357, 23.6470, 58.0354)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AC8 #C88446

analogous

#46C8C5 #468AC8 #4649C8

triadic

#468AC8 #C8468A #8AC846

tetradic

#468AC8 #C546C8 #C88446 #49C846

square

#468AC8 #C546C8 #C88446 #49C846

split-complementary

#468AC8 #C84649 #C8C546

monochromatic

#224C72 #306BA1 #468AC8 #75A8D6 #A4C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#468AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AC8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AC8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd9',
    500: '#468ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ac8;
$custom-light: #86abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AC8

secondary

#D1B499

accent

#914ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AC8

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

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