#468EC8#468EC8

#468EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EC8
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -4.35, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 36.92, 263.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0474 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.114 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6202, 24.8159, 58.2302)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EC8 #C88046

analogous

#46C8C1 #468EC8 #464DC8

triadic

#468EC8 #C8468E #8EC846

tetradic

#468EC8 #C146C8 #C88046 #4DC846

square

#468EC8 #C146C8 #C88046 #4DC846

split-complementary

#468EC8 #C8464D #C8C146

monochromatic

#224E72 #306EA1 #468EC8 #75ABD6 #A4C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#468EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EC8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EC8	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed9',
    500: '#468ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ec8;
$custom-light: #86aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62594,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EC8

secondary

#D1B299

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EC8

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

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