#468CBC#468CBC

#468CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.101 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBC
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -7.20, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 32.42, 257.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0491 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.101 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9775, 23.6870, 51.0337)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBC #BC7646

analogous

#46BCB1 #468CBC #4651BC

triadic

#468CBC #BC468C #8CBC46

tetradic

#468CBC #B146BC #BC7646 #51BC46

square

#468CBC #B146BC #BC7646 #51BC46

split-complementary

#468CBC #BC4651 #BCB146

monochromatic

#244A64 #346B90 #468CBC #73A8CC #A0C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#468CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBC

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBC	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.101 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84add0',
    500: '#468cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cbc;
$custom-light: #84add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6153,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBC

secondary

#C9AA95

accent

#8751D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBC

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

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