#468DC4#468DC4

#468DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.110 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC4
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -5.12, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 35.51, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0476 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.11 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0107, 24.3352, 55.7510)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC4 #C47D46

analogous

#46C4BC #468DC4 #464EC4

triadic

#468DC4 #C4468D #8DC446

tetradic

#468DC4 #BC46C4 #C47D46 #4EC446

square

#468DC4 #BC46C4 #C47D46 #4EC446

split-complementary

#468DC4 #C4464E #C4BC46

monochromatic

#234D6D #326D9B #468DC4 #74AAD3 #A3C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#468DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#468DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC4	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.110 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed6',
    500: '#468dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc4;
$custom-light: #86aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6216,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC4

secondary

#CEAF97

accent

#8B4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC4

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

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