#468BC5#468BC5

#468BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.113 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC5
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -3.63, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 36.73, 264.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0452 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.113 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8327, 23.7964, 56.2551)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC5 #C58046

analogous

#46C5C0 #468BC5 #464BC5

triadic

#468BC5 #C5468B #8BC546

tetradic

#468BC5 #C046C5 #C58046 #4BC546

square

#468BC5 #C046C5 #C58046 #4BC546

split-complementary

#468BC5 #C5464B #C5C046

monochromatic

#234C6E #316C9D #468BC5 #75A8D4 #A3C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#468BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#468BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC5	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.113 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd7',
    500: '#468bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc5;
$custom-light: #86acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.402,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6175,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC5

secondary

#CFB198

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC5

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

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