#468DC1#468DC1

#468DC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.106 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC1
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -6.12, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 34.20, 259.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0485 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.106 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6727, 24.1999, 53.9706)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC1 #C17A46

analogous

#46C1B8 #468DC1 #4650C1

triadic

#468DC1 #C1468D #8DC146

tetradic

#468DC1 #B846C1 #C17A46 #50C146

square

#468DC1 #B846C1 #C17A46 #50C146

split-complementary

#468DC1 #C14650 #C1B846

monochromatic

#234C69 #336D97 #468DC1 #74A9D0 #A2C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#468DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC1

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC1	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.106 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed4',
    500: '#468dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc1;
$custom-light: #85aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.366,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6201,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC1

secondary

#CCAD96

accent

#894ED9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC1

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

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