#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
RGBrgb(70, 141, 197)
HSLhsl(206, 52%, 52%)
HSVhsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(64.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(56.47, -4.78, -35.63)
CIE-LCHlch(56.47, 35.95, 262.35°)
OKLaboklab(62.21% -0.0473 -0.1004)
OKLCHoklch(62.21% 0.111 244.8)
XYZxyz(22.1249, 24.3808, 56.3525)
Luminance0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##468DC51.003.575.885.88
#FFFFFF3.571.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8821.001.001.00
##0000005.8821.001.001.00

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

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#468DC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva