#468BC1#468BC1

#468BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.108 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC1
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -4.97, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 34.92, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0464 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.108 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3804, 23.6155, 53.8732)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC1 #C17C46

analogous

#46C1BA #468BC1 #464EC1

triadic

#468BC1 #C1468B #8BC146

tetradic

#468BC1 #BA46C1 #C17C46 #4EC146

square

#468BC1 #BA46C1 #C17C46 #4EC146

split-complementary

#468BC1 #C1464E #C1BA46

monochromatic

#234B69 #336B97 #468BC1 #74A8D0 #A2C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#468BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC1

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC1	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.108 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd4',
    500: '#468bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc1;
$custom-light: #85acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.341,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61546,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC1

secondary

#CCAE96

accent

#8B4ED9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC1

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

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