#468BB4#468BB4

#468BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB4
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -9.25, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 29.53, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0508 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.094 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9935, 23.0607, 46.5687)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB4 #B46F46

analogous

#46B4A6 #468BB4 #4654B4

triadic

#468BB4 #B4468B #8BB446

tetradic

#468BB4 #A646B4 #B46F46 #54B446

square

#468BB4 #A646B4 #B46F46 #54B446

split-complementary

#468BB4 #B44654 #B4A646

monochromatic

#24475C #356988 #468BB4 #70A7C7 #9CC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#468BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#468BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB4	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acca',
    500: '#468bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb4;
$custom-light: #83acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.364,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60912,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB4

secondary

#C5A491

accent

#8454D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB4

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

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