#468BB1#468BB1

#468BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB1
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -10.22, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 28.42, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0518 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.09 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6912, 22.9398, 44.9765)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB1 #B16C46

analogous

#46B1A1 #468BB1 #4655B1

triadic

#468BB1 #B1468B #8BB146

tetradic

#468BB1 #A146B1 #B16C46 #55B146

square

#468BB1 #A146B1 #B16C46 #55B146

split-complementary

#468BB1 #B14655 #B1A146

monochromatic

#234659 #356985 #468BB1 #6EA7C6 #9AC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#468BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB1	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)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc8',
    500: '#468bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb1;
$custom-light: #83acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB1

secondary

#C3A28F

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB1

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

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