#468CC6#468CC6

#468CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.113 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC6
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -3.87, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 36.79, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0459 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.113 246)
XYZ	xyz(22.0931, 24.1333, 56.9090)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC6 #C68046

analogous

#46C6C0 #468CC6 #464CC6

triadic

#468CC6 #C6468C #8CC646

tetradic

#468CC6 #C046C6 #C68046 #4CC646

square

#468CC6 #C046C6 #C68046 #4CC646

split-complementary

#468CC6 #C6464C #C6C046

monochromatic

#224C6F #316D9E #468CC6 #75A9D4 #A4C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#468CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC6	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.113 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add7',
    500: '#468cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc6;
$custom-light: #86add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.188,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62032,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.24135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC6

secondary

#D0B198

accent

#8D4BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC6

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

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