#468CB1#468CB1

#468CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.090 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB1
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -10.78, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 28.20, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0529 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.09 234)
XYZ	xyz(19.8367, 23.2307, 45.0250)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB1 #B16B46

analogous

#46B1A0 #468CB1 #4656B1

triadic

#468CB1 #B1468C #8CB146

tetradic

#468CB1 #A046B1 #B16B46 #56B146

square

#468CB1 #A046B1 #B16B46 #56B146

split-complementary

#468CB1 #B14656 #B1A046

monochromatic

#234759 #356985 #468CB1 #6EA8C6 #9AC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#468CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB1	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.090 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc8',
    500: '#468cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb1;
$custom-light: #83adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.748,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61009,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.23233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB1

secondary

#C3A18F

accent

#8055D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB1

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

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