#468DC3#468DC3

#468DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.109 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC3
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -5.45, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 35.07, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0479 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.109 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8973, 24.2898, 55.1536)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC3 #C37C46

analogous

#46C3BA #468DC3 #464FC3

triadic

#468DC3 #C3468D #8DC346

tetradic

#468DC3 #BA46C3 #C37C46 #4FC346

square

#468DC3 #BA46C3 #C37C46 #4FC346

split-complementary

#468DC3 #C3464F #C3BA46

monochromatic

#234C6C #326D9A #468DC3 #74A9D2 #A2C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#468DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#468DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.109 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed5',
    500: '#468dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc3;
$custom-light: #85aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.92,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC3

secondary

#CEAF97

accent

#8A4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC3

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

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