#468CBB#468CBB

#468CBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.100 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBB
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -7.53, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 32.01, 256.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0494 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.1 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8701, 23.6441, 50.4680)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBB #BB7546

analogous

#46BBB0 #468CBB #4651BB

triadic

#468CBB #BB468C #8CBB46

tetradic

#468CBB #B046BB #BB7546 #51BB46

square

#468CBB #B046BB #BB7546 #51BB46

split-complementary

#468CBB #BB4651 #BBB046

monochromatic

#244962 #356B8F #468CBB #73A8CB #A0C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#468CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBB

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBB	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.100 240.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61482,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBB

secondary

#C8A994

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBB

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

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