#468EC6#468EC6

#468EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC6
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -5.02, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 36.02, 261.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.048 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.111 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3880, 24.7231, 57.0073)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC6 #C67E46

analogous

#46C6BE #468EC6 #464EC6

triadic

#468EC6 #C6468E #8EC646

tetradic

#468EC6 #BE46C6 #C67E46 #4EC646

square

#468EC6 #BE46C6 #C67E46 #4EC646

split-complementary

#468EC6 #C6464E #C6BE46

monochromatic

#224E6F #316E9E #468EC6 #75ABD4 #A4C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#468EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC6	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed7',
    500: '#468ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec6;
$custom-light: #86aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62492,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC6

secondary

#D0B098

accent

#8B4BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC6

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

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