#468BC7#468BC7

#468BC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC7
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -2.95, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 37.65, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0446 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.115 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0634, 23.8886, 57.4700)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC7 #C78246

analogous

#46C7C2 #468BC7 #464AC7

triadic

#468BC7 #C7468B #8BC746

tetradic

#468BC7 #C246C7 #C78246 #4AC746

square

#468BC7 #C246C7 #C78246 #4AC746

split-complementary

#468BC7 #C7464A #C7C246

monochromatic

#224C71 #306CA0 #468BC7 #75A8D5 #A4C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#468BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC7

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC7	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd8',
    500: '#468bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc7;
$custom-light: #86acd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61854,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC7

secondary

#D0B298

accent

#8F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC7

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

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