#468EC5#468EC5

#468EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.110 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC5
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -5.36, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 35.58, 261.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0483 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.11 244)
XYZ	xyz(22.2730, 24.6771, 56.4018)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC5 #C57D46

analogous

#46C5BC #468EC5 #464FC5

triadic

#468EC5 #C5468E #8EC546

tetradic

#468EC5 #BC46C5 #C57D46 #4FC546

square

#468EC5 #BC46C5 #C57D46 #4FC546

split-complementary

#468EC5 #C5464F #C5BC46

monochromatic

#234D6E #316E9D #468EC5 #75AAD4 #A3C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#468EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#468EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC5	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.110 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#468ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec5;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.24679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC5

secondary

#CFB098

accent

#8A4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC5

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

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