#468BBE#468BBE

#468BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.104 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BBE
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -5.97, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 33.60, 259.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0474 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.104 243)
XYZ	xyz(21.0492, 23.4830, 52.1286)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BBE #BE7946

analogous

#46BEB5 #468BBE #464FBE

triadic

#468BBE #BE468B #8BBE46

tetradic

#468BBE #B546BE #BE7946 #4FBE46

square

#468BBE #B546BE #BE7946 #4FBE46

split-complementary

#468BBE #BE464F #BEB546

monochromatic

#244A66 #346B93 #468BBE #73A7CE #A1C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#468BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#468BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BBE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BBE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.104 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd2',
    500: '#468bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bbe;
$custom-light: #85acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61396,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.23485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BBE

secondary

#CAAC95

accent

#8A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BBE

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

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