#468DC2#468DC2

#468DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.108 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC2
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -5.79, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 34.63, 260.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0482 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.108 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7846, 24.2447, 54.5601)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC2 #C27B46

analogous

#46C2B9 #468DC2 #464FC2

triadic

#468DC2 #C2468D #8DC246

tetradic

#468DC2 #B946C2 #C27B46 #4FC246

square

#468DC2 #B946C2 #C27B46 #4FC246

split-complementary

#468DC2 #C2464F #C2B946

monochromatic

#234C6A #326D99 #468DC2 #74A9D1 #A2C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#468DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#468DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC2

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC2	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)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.108 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed4',
    500: '#468dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc2;
$custom-light: #85aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.645,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62059,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC2

secondary

#CDAE97

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC2

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

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