#468BB0#468BB0

#468BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.089 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB0
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -10.54, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 28.06, 247.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0522 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.09 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5919, 22.9000, 44.4535)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB0 #B06B46

analogous

#46B0A0 #468BB0 #4656B0

triadic

#468BB0 #B0468B #8BB046

tetradic

#468BB0 #A046B0 #B06B46 #56B046

square

#468BB0 #A046B0 #B06B46 #56B046

split-complementary

#468BB0 #B04656 #B0A046

monochromatic

#234658 #356884 #468BB0 #6EA7C5 #9AC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#468BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB0

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB0	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.089 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc7',
    500: '#468bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb0;
$custom-light: #83acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60726,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB0

secondary

#C3A18F

accent

#8155D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB0

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

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