#468BCB#468BCB

#468BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BCB
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -1.60, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 39.53, 267.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0434 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.12 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5339, 24.0768, 59.9481)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BCB #CB8646

analogous

#46CBC8 #468BCB #4648CB

triadic

#468BCB #CB468B #8BCB46

tetradic

#468BCB #C846CB #CB8646 #48CB46

square

#468BCB #C846CB #CB8646 #48CB46

split-complementary

#468BCB #CB4648 #CBC846

monochromatic

#214D76 #2E6CA5 #468BCB #76A9D8 #A6C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#468BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#468BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BCB

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BCB	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdb',
    500: '#468bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bcb;
$custom-light: #87acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62064,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BCB

secondary

#D3B59A

accent

#9148DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BCB

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

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