#468AB9#468AB9

#468AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.099 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AB9
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -7.05, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 31.81, 257.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0479 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.099 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3679, 22.9799, 49.2517)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AB9 #B97546

analogous

#46B9AF #468AB9 #4650B9

triadic

#468AB9 #B9468A #8AB946

tetradic

#468AB9 #AF46B9 #B97546 #50B946

square

#468AB9 #AF46B9 #B97546 #50B946

split-complementary

#468AB9 #B94650 #B9AF46

monochromatic

#244860 #35698D #468AB9 #72A6CA #9FC2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#468AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AB9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AB9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.099 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acce',
    500: '#468ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ab9;
$custom-light: #84acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60916,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AB9

secondary

#C7A994

accent

#8853D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AB9

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

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