#468BB9#468BB9

#468BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BB9
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, -7.62, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 31.50, 256.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.049 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.099 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5121, 23.2681, 49.2997)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BB9 #B97446

analogous

#46B9AD #468BB9 #4652B9

triadic

#468BB9 #B9468B #8BB946

tetradic

#468BB9 #AD46B9 #B97446 #52B946

square

#468BB9 #AD46B9 #B97446 #52B946

split-complementary

#468BB9 #B94652 #B9AD46

monochromatic

#244860 #356A8D #468BB9 #72A7CA #9FC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#468BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#468BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BB9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BB9	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acce',
    500: '#468bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bb9;
$custom-light: #84acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6115,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BB9

secondary

#C7A894

accent

#8753D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BB9

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

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