#468BC3#468BC3

#468BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.110 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BC3
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -4.30, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 35.82, 263.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0458 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.11 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6051, 23.7053, 55.0562)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BC3 #C37E46

analogous

#46C3BC #468BC3 #464DC3

triadic

#468BC3 #C3468B #8BC346

tetradic

#468BC3 #BC46C3 #C37E46 #4DC346

square

#468BC3 #BC46C3 #C37E46 #4DC346

split-complementary

#468BC3 #C3464D #C3BC46

monochromatic

#234B6C #326B9A #468BC3 #74A8D2 #A2C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#468BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BC3

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BC3	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.110 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd5',
    500: '#468bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bc3;
$custom-light: #85acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.88,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BC3

secondary

#CEB097

accent

#8D4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BC3

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

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