#468AB3#468AB3

#468AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.093 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AB3
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.01, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 29.41, 252.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.05 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.093 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7479, 22.7318, 45.9861)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AB3 #B36F46

analogous

#46B3A6 #468AB3 #4654B3

triadic

#468AB3 #B3468A #8AB346

tetradic

#468AB3 #A646B3 #B36F46 #54B346

square

#468AB3 #A646B3 #B36F46 #54B346

split-complementary

#468AB3 #B34654 #B3A646

monochromatic

#24465B #356887 #468AB3 #6FA6C7 #9BC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#468AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#468AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AB3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AB3	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.093 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acca',
    500: '#468ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ab3;
$custom-light: #83acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.569,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AB3

secondary

#C4A490

accent

#8454D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AB3

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

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