#468CB3#468CB3

#468CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.092 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB3
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -10.14, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 28.91, 249.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0522 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.092 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0375, 23.3110, 46.0826)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB3 #B36D46

analogous

#46B3A4 #468CB3 #4656B3

triadic

#468CB3 #B3468C #8CB346

tetradic

#468CB3 #A446B3 #B36D46 #56B346

square

#468CB3 #A446B3 #B36D46 #56B346

split-complementary

#468CB3 #B34656 #B3A446

monochromatic

#24475B #356A87 #468CB3 #6FA8C7 #9BC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#468CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#468CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB3	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.092 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adca',
    500: '#468cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb3;
$custom-light: #83adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61102,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB3

secondary

#C4A390

accent

#8254D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB3

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

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