#468CC4#468CC4

#468CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.111 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC4
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -4.54, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 35.88, 262.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0465 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.111 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8639, 24.0416, 55.7021)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC4 #C47E46

analogous

#46C4BD #468CC4 #464DC4

triadic

#468CC4 #C4468C #8CC446

tetradic

#468CC4 #BD46C4 #C47E46 #4DC446

square

#468CC4 #BD46C4 #C47E46 #4DC446

split-complementary

#468CC4 #C4464D #C4BD46

monochromatic

#234C6D #326C9B #468CC4 #74A9D3 #A3C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#468CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC4	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.111 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add6',
    500: '#468cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc4;
$custom-light: #86add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC4

secondary

#CEB097

accent

#8C4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC4

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

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