#468CC5#468CC5

#468CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC5
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -4.21, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 36.33, 263.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0462 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.112 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9781, 24.0873, 56.3035)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC5 #C57F46

analogous

#46C5BE #468CC5 #464DC5

triadic

#468CC5 #C5468C #8CC546

tetradic

#468CC5 #BE46C5 #C57F46 #4DC546

square

#468CC5 #BE46C5 #C57F46 #4DC546

split-complementary

#468CC5 #C5464D #C5BE46

monochromatic

#234C6E #316C9D #468CC5 #75A9D4 #A3C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#468CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#468CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC5	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add7',
    500: '#468cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc5;
$custom-light: #86add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.929,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6198,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC5

secondary

#CFB198

accent

#8D4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC5

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

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