#468BB8#468BB8

#468BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.098 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB8
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -7.95, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 31.09, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0494 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.098 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4069, 23.2260, 48.7457)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB8 #B87346

analogous

#46B8AC #468BB8 #4652B8

triadic

#468BB8 #B8468B #8BB846

tetradic

#468BB8 #AC46B8 #B87346 #52B846

square

#468BB8 #AC46B8 #B87346 #52B846

split-complementary

#468BB8 #B84652 #B8AC46

monochromatic

#24485F #356A8C #468BB8 #72A7C9 #9EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#468BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.098 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accd',
    500: '#468bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb8;
$custom-light: #84accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61102,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB8

secondary

#C7A793

accent

#8653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB8

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

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