#468CC8#468CC8

#468CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CC8
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -3.20, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 37.71, 265.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0453 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.115 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3253, 24.2261, 58.1319)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CC8 #C88246

analogous

#46C8C3 #468CC8 #464BC8

triadic

#468CC8 #C8468C #8CC846

tetradic

#468CC8 #C346C8 #C88246 #4BC846

square

#468CC8 #C346C8 #C88246 #4BC846

split-complementary

#468CC8 #C8464B #C8C346

monochromatic

#224D72 #306DA1 #468CC8 #75A9D6 #A4C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#468CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#468CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CC8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CC8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add9',
    500: '#468cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cc8;
$custom-light: #86add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62135,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CC8

secondary

#D1B399

accent

#8E4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CC8

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

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