#468CCC#468CCC

#468CCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CCC
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -1.84, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 39.58, 267.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0441 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.12 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7989, 24.4156, 60.6262)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CCC #CC8646

analogous

#46CCC9 #468CCC #4649CC

triadic

#468CCC #CC468C #8CCC46

tetradic

#468CCC #C946CC #CC8646 #49CC46

square

#468CCC #C946CC #CC8646 #49CC46

split-complementary

#468CCC #CC4649 #CCC946

monochromatic

#214E77 #2E6DA7 #468CCC #76AAD9 #A6C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#468CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CCC

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CCC	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87addc',
    500: '#468ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ccc;
$custom-light: #87addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CCC

secondary

#D4B69A

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CCC

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

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