#468BBD#468BBD

#468BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.103 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BBD
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -6.30, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 33.17, 259.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0477 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.103 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9403, 23.4394, 51.5549)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BBD #BD7846

analogous

#46BDB3 #468BBD #464FBD

triadic

#468BBD #BD468B #8BBD46

tetradic

#468BBD #B346BD #BD7846 #4FBD46

square

#468BBD #B346BD #BD7846 #4FBD46

split-complementary

#468BBD #BD464F #BDB346

monochromatic

#244965 #346A92 #468BBD #73A7CD #A0C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#468BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#468BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BBD

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BBD	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.103 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd1',
    500: '#468bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bbd;
$custom-light: #85acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61346,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BBD

secondary

#CAAB95

accent

#8951D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BBD

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

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