#468DC5#468DC5

#468DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC5
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -4.78, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 35.95, 262.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0473 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.111 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1249, 24.3808, 56.3525)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC5 #C57E46

analogous

#46C5BE #468DC5 #464DC5

triadic

#468DC5 #C5468D #8DC546

tetradic

#468DC5 #BE46C5 #C57E46 #4DC546

square

#468DC5 #BE46C5 #C57E46 #4DC546

split-complementary

#468DC5 #C5464D #C5BE46

monochromatic

#234D6E #316D9D #468DC5 #75AAD4 #A3C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#468DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC5	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)

#748EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#468dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc5;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.457,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62211,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC5

secondary

#CFB098

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC5

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

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