#468BBA#468BBA

#468BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BBA
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -7.29, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 31.91, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0487 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.1 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6180, 23.3105, 49.8577)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BBA #BA7546

analogous

#46BAAF #468BBA #4651BA

triadic

#468BBA #BA468B #8BBA46

tetradic

#468BBA #AF46BA #BA7546 #51BA46

square

#468BBA #AF46BA #BA7546 #51BA46

split-complementary

#468BBA #BA4651 #BAAF46

monochromatic

#244961 #356A8E #468BBA #73A7CB #9FC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#468BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#468BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BBA

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BBA	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accf',
    500: '#468bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bba;
$custom-light: #84accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61199,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BBA

secondary

#C8A994

accent

#8752D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BBA

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

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