#468CC3#468CC3

#468CC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.109 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC3
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -4.88, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 35.44, 262.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0468 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.109 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7505, 23.9962, 55.1046)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC3 #C37D46

analogous

#46C3BB #468CC3 #464EC3

triadic

#468CC3 #C3468C #8CC346

tetradic

#468CC3 #BB46C3 #C37D46 #4EC346

square

#468CC3 #BB46C3 #C37D46 #4EC346

split-complementary

#468CC3 #C3464E #C3BB46

monochromatic

#234C6C #326C9A #468CC3 #74A9D2 #A2C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#468CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC3

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC3	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.109 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add5',
    500: '#468cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc3;
$custom-light: #85add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61878,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC3

secondary

#CEAF97

accent

#8B4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC3

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

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