#468BB6#468BB6

#468BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.096 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB6
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -8.60, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 30.30, 253.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0501 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.096 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1987, 23.1428, 47.6494)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB6 #B67146

analogous

#46B6A9 #468BB6 #4653B6

triadic

#468BB6 #B6468B #8BB646

tetradic

#468BB6 #A946B6 #B67146 #53B646

square

#468BB6 #A946B6 #B67146 #53B646

split-complementary

#468BB6 #B64653 #B6A946

monochromatic

#24475E #35698A #468BB6 #71A7C8 #9DC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#468BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#468BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB6	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.096 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accc',
    500: '#468bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb6;
$custom-light: #84accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.036,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61006,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB6

secondary

#C6A692

accent

#8554D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB6

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

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