#468AB4#468AB4

#468AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.094 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#468AB4
RGBrgb(70, 138, 180)
HSLhsl(203, 44%, 49%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(54.84, -8.69, -28.50)
CIE-LCHlch(54.84, 29.80, 253.05°)
OKLaboklab(60.68% -0.0496 -0.0799)
OKLCHoklch(60.68% 0.094 238.1)
XYZxyz(19.8494, 22.7724, 46.5206)
Luminance0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#468AB4 #B47046
analogous
#46B4A7 #468AB4 #4653B4
triadic
#468AB4 #B4468A #8AB446
tetradic
#468AB4 #A746B4 #B47046 #53B446
square
#468AB4 #A746B4 #B47046 #53B446
split-complementary
#468AB4 #B44653 #B4A746
monochromatic
#24465C #356888 #468AB4 #70A6C7 #9CC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78
#468AB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55
#468AB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AB4
5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##468AB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##468AB41.003.785.555.55
#FFFFFF3.781.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5521.001.001.00
##0000005.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7789B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#687EB3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009598
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #468ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.094 238.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acca',
    500: '#468ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #468ab4;
$custom-light: #83acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#468ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.909,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60676,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#468AB4
secondary
#C5A591
accent
#8554D4
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#F0F4F8
border
#CBCED1
text
#0C1013
muted
#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AB4

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#468AB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva