#468ABD#468ABD

#468ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.104 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ABD
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 27%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -5.73, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 33.52, 260.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0466 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.104 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7961, 23.1511, 51.5069)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ABD #BD7946

analogous

#46BDB4 #468ABD #464EBD

triadic

#468ABD #BD468A #8ABD46

tetradic

#468ABD #B446BD #BD7946 #4EBD46

square

#468ABD #B446BD #BD7946 #4EBD46

split-complementary

#468ABD #BD464E #BDB446

monochromatic

#244965 #346A92 #468ABD #73A7CD #A0C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#468ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#468ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ABD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ABD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.104 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd1',
    500: '#468abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468abd;
$custom-light: #85acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61113,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ABD

secondary

#CAAC95

accent

#8A51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ABD

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

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