#468BC4#468BC4

#468BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.111 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC4
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -3.96, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 36.27, 263.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0455 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.111 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7185, 23.7507, 55.6536)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC4 #C47F46

analogous

#46C4BE #468BC4 #464CC4

triadic

#468BC4 #C4468B #8BC446

tetradic

#468BC4 #BE46C4 #C47F46 #4CC446

square

#468BC4 #BE46C4 #C47F46 #4CC446

split-complementary

#468BC4 #C4464C #C4BE46

monochromatic

#234B6D #326B9B #468BC4 #74A8D3 #A3C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#468BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#468BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.111 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd6',
    500: '#468bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc4;
$custom-light: #86acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.143,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61699,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC4

secondary

#CEB097

accent

#8D4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC4

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

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