#468BB3#468BB3

#468BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.092 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB3
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -9.58, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 29.15, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0511 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.092 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8920, 23.0201, 46.0341)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB3 #B36E46

analogous

#46B3A5 #468BB3 #4655B3

triadic

#468BB3 #B3468B #8BB346

tetradic

#468BB3 #A546B3 #B36E46 #55B346

square

#468BB3 #A546B3 #B36E46 #55B346

split-complementary

#468BB3 #B34655 #B3A546

monochromatic

#24475B #356987 #468BB3 #6FA7C7 #9BC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#468BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB3	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)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.092 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acca',
    500: '#468bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb3;
$custom-light: #83acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.018,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB3

secondary

#C4A490

accent

#8354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB3

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

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