#468EC2#468EC2

#468EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.107 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC2
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -6.36, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 34.28, 259.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0493 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.107 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9327, 24.5409, 54.6095)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC2 #C27A46

analogous

#46C2B8 #468EC2 #4650C2

triadic

#468EC2 #C2468E #8EC246

tetradic

#468EC2 #B846C2 #C27A46 #50C246

square

#468EC2 #B846C2 #C27A46 #50C246

split-complementary

#468EC2 #C24650 #C2B846

monochromatic

#234D6A #326E99 #468EC2 #74AAD1 #A2C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#468EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#468EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.107 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed4',
    500: '#468ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec2;
$custom-light: #85aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC2

secondary

#CDAE97

accent

#894EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC2

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

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