#468CB9#468CB9

#468CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.098 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CB9
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -8.19, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 31.20, 254.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0501 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.098 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6575, 23.5590, 49.3482)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CB9 #B97346

analogous

#46B9AC #468CB9 #4653B9

triadic

#468CB9 #B9468C #8CB946

tetradic

#468CB9 #AC46B9 #B97346 #53B946

square

#468CB9 #AC46B9 #B97346 #53B946

split-complementary

#468CB9 #B94653 #B9AC46

monochromatic

#244960 #356A8D #468CB9 #72A8CA #9FC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#468CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#468CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CB9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CB9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.098 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adce',
    500: '#468cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cb9;
$custom-light: #84adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61385,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CB9

secondary

#C7A894

accent

#8653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CB9

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

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