#468ACE#468ACE

#468ACE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.124 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ACE
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 0.01, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 41.42, 270.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0415 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.124 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7507, 23.9330, 61.8011)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ACE #CE8A46

analogous

#46CECE #468ACE #4646CE

triadic

#468ACE #CE468A #8ACE46

tetradic

#468ACE #CE46CE #CE8A46 #46CE46

square

#468ACE #CE46CE #CE8A46 #46CE46

split-complementary

#468ACE #CE4646 #CECE46

monochromatic

#204D79 #2D6BAA #468ACE #76A9DB #A7C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#468ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ACE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ACE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.124 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abdd',
    500: '#468ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ace;
$custom-light: #87abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ACE

secondary

#D5B89B

accent

#9446E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ACE

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

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