#468EC4#468EC4

#468EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.109 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC4
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -5.69, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 35.14, 260.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0486 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.109 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1588, 24.6314, 55.8004)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC4 #C47C46

analogous

#46C4BB #468EC4 #464FC4

triadic

#468EC4 #C4468E #8EC446

tetradic

#468EC4 #BB46C4 #C47C46 #4FC446

square

#468EC4 #BB46C4 #C47C46 #4FC446

split-complementary

#468EC4 #C4464F #C4BB46

monochromatic

#234D6D #326E9B #468EC4 #74AAD3 #A3C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#468EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#468EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.109 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed6',
    500: '#468ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec4;
$custom-light: #86aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62391,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC4

secondary

#CEAF97

accent

#8A4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC4

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

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