#468ABE#468ABE

#468ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.105 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ABE
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -5.39, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 33.96, 260.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0463 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.105 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9050, 23.1947, 52.0805)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468ABE #BE7A46

analogous

#46BEB6 #468ABE #464EBE

triadic

#468ABE #BE468A #8ABE46

tetradic

#468ABE #B646BE #BE7A46 #4EBE46

square

#468ABE #B646BE #BE7A46 #4EBE46

split-complementary

#468ABE #BE464E #BEB646

monochromatic

#244966 #346A93 #468ABE #73A7CE #A1C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#468ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ABE

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ABE	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.105 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd2',
    500: '#468abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468abe;
$custom-light: #85acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61163,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ABE

secondary

#CAAC95

accent

#8B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ABE

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

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