#468AB8#468AB8

#468AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.098 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AB8
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -7.38, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 31.40, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0483 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.098 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2627, 22.9378, 48.6977)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AB8 #B87446

analogous

#46B8AD #468AB8 #4651B8

triadic

#468AB8 #B8468A #8AB846

tetradic

#468AB8 #AD46B8 #B87446 #51B846

square

#468AB8 #AD46B8 #B87446 #51B846

split-complementary

#468AB8 #B84651 #B8AD46

monochromatic

#24475F #35698C #468AB8 #72A6C9 #9EC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#468AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AB8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AB8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.098 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accd',
    500: '#468ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ab8;
$custom-light: #84accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60868,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AB8

secondary

#C7A893

accent

#8753D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AB8

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

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