#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
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -8.69, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 29.80, 253.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0496 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.094 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8494, 22.7724, 46.5206)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##468AB4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#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

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

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