#468CB4#468CB4

#468CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.093 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB4
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -9.82, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 29.27, 250.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0519 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.093 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1390, 23.3516, 46.6172)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB4 #B46E46

analogous

#46B4A5 #468CB4 #4655B4

triadic

#468CB4 #B4468C #8CB446

tetradic

#468CB4 #A546B4 #B46E46 #55B446

square

#468CB4 #A546B4 #B46E46 #55B446

split-complementary

#468CB4 #B44655 #B4A546

monochromatic

#24475C #356A88 #468CB4 #70A8C7 #9CC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#468CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.093 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adca',
    500: '#468cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb4;
$custom-light: #83adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61148,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB4

secondary

#C5A491

accent

#8254D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB4

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

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