#468CB5#468CB5

#468CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB5
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -9.49, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 29.65, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0515 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.094 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2412, 23.3925, 47.1556)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB5 #B56F46

analogous

#46B5A7 #468CB5 #4655B5

triadic

#468CB5 #B5468C #8CB546

tetradic

#468CB5 #A746B5 #B56F46 #55B546

square

#468CB5 #A746B5 #B56F46 #55B546

split-complementary

#468CB5 #B54655 #B5A746

monochromatic

#24485D #356A89 #468CB5 #70A8C8 #9CC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#468CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adcb',
    500: '#468cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb5;
$custom-light: #84adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.162,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61195,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB5

secondary

#C5A592

accent

#8354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB5

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

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