#468DC8#468DC8

#468DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.115 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DC8
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -3.77, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 37.31, 264.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0463 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.115 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4721, 24.5197, 58.1809)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DC8 #C88146

analogous

#46C8C2 #468DC8 #464CC8

triadic

#468DC8 #C8468D #8DC846

tetradic

#468DC8 #C246C8 #C88146 #4CC846

square

#468DC8 #C246C8 #C88146 #4CC846

split-complementary

#468DC8 #C8464C #C8C246

monochromatic

#224D72 #306EA1 #468DC8 #75AAD6 #A4C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#468DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#468DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DC8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DC8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.115 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed9',
    500: '#468dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dc8;
$custom-light: #86aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DC8

secondary

#D1B299

accent

#8D4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DC8

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

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