#468BC8#468BC8

#468BC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.116 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC8
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -2.61, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 38.12, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0443 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.116 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1799, 23.9352, 58.0835)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC8 #C88346

analogous

#46C8C4 #468BC8 #464AC8

triadic

#468BC8 #C8468B #8BC846

tetradic

#468BC8 #C446C8 #C88346 #4AC846

square

#468BC8 #C446C8 #C88346 #4AC846

split-complementary

#468BC8 #C8464A #C8C446

monochromatic

#224C72 #306CA1 #468BC8 #75A9D6 #A4C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#468BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC8	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)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.116 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd9',
    500: '#468bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc8;
$custom-light: #86acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61906,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC8

secondary

#D1B399

accent

#8F4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC8

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

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