#468EC0#468EC0

#468EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC0
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -7.02, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 33.44, 257.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0499 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.105 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7096, 24.4517, 53.4345)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC0 #C07846

analogous

#46C0B5 #468EC0 #4651C0

triadic

#468EC0 #C0468E #8EC046

tetradic

#468EC0 #B546C0 #C07846 #51C046

square

#468EC0 #B546C0 #C07846 #51C046

split-complementary

#468EC0 #C04651 #C0B546

monochromatic

#234C68 #336D96 #468EC0 #74AAD0 #A1C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#468EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#468EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC0

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC0	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#778EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed3',
    500: '#468ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec0;
$custom-light: #85aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC0

secondary

#CCAC96

accent

#874FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC0

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

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