#468BB2#468BB2

#468BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.091 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB2
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -9.90, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 28.78, 249.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0515 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.091 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7912, 22.9798, 45.5034)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB2 #B26D46

analogous

#46B2A3 #468BB2 #4655B2

triadic

#468BB2 #B2468B #8BB246

tetradic

#468BB2 #A346B2 #B26D46 #55B246

square

#468BB2 #A346B2 #B26D46 #55B246

split-complementary

#468BB2 #B24655 #B2A346

monochromatic

#23465A #356986 #468BB2 #6FA7C6 #9BC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#468BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB2	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)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.091 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc9',
    500: '#468bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb2;
$custom-light: #83acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60818,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB2

secondary

#C4A390

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB2

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

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