#468CBA#468CBA

#468CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.099 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBA
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -7.86, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 31.60, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0498 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.099 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7634, 23.6014, 49.9061)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBA #BA7446

analogous

#46BAAE #468CBA #4652BA

triadic

#468CBA #BA468C #8CBA46

tetradic

#468CBA #AE46BA #BA7446 #52BA46

square

#468CBA #AE46BA #BA7446 #52BA46

split-complementary

#468CBA #BA4652 #BAAE46

monochromatic

#244961 #356B8E #468CBA #73A8CB #9FC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#468CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBA

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBA	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.099 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adcf',
    500: '#468cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cba;
$custom-light: #84adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61433,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBA

secondary

#C8A994

accent

#8652D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBA

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

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