#468CC2#468CC2

#468CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.108 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC2
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -5.21, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 34.99, 261.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0472 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.108 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6378, 23.9511, 54.5112)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC2 #C27C46

analogous

#46C2BA #468CC2 #464EC2

triadic

#468CC2 #C2468C #8CC246

tetradic

#468CC2 #BA46C2 #C27C46 #4EC246

square

#468CC2 #BA46C2 #C27C46 #4EC246

split-complementary

#468CC2 #C2464E #C2BA46

monochromatic

#234B6A #326C99 #468CC2 #74A9D1 #A2C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#468CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC2	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)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.108 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add4',
    500: '#468cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc2;
$custom-light: #85add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.129,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61828,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC2

secondary

#CDAE97

accent

#8B4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC2

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

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