#468DC6#468DC6

#468DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC6
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -4.45, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 36.40, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.047 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.112 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2399, 24.4268, 56.9579)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC6 #C67F46

analogous

#46C6BF #468DC6 #464DC6

triadic

#468DC6 #C6468D #8DC646

tetradic

#468DC6 #BF46C6 #C67F46 #4DC646

square

#468DC6 #BF46C6 #C67F46 #4DC646

split-complementary

#468DC6 #C6464D #C6BF46

monochromatic

#224D6F #316D9E #468DC6 #75AAD4 #A4C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#468DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#468DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#468dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc6;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.719,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC6

secondary

#D0B198

accent

#8C4BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC6

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

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