#468CB8#468CB8

#468CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB8
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -8.52, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 30.80, 253.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0505 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.097 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5523, 23.5169, 48.7942)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB8 #B87246

analogous

#46B8AB #468CB8 #4653B8

triadic

#468CB8 #B8468C #8CB846

tetradic

#468CB8 #AB46B8 #B87246 #53B846

square

#468CB8 #AB46B8 #B87246 #53B846

split-complementary

#468CB8 #B84653 #B8AB46

monochromatic

#24495F #356A8C #468CB8 #72A8C9 #9EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#468CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#468CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB8	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adcd',
    500: '#468cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb8;
$custom-light: #84adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61337,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB8

secondary

#C7A793

accent

#8553D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB8

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

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