#468CBD#468CBD

#468CBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.103 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBD
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 25.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -6.87, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 32.84, 257.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0488 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.103 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0857, 23.7303, 51.6034)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBD #BD7746

analogous

#46BDB2 #468CBD #4650BD

triadic

#468CBD #BD468C #8CBD46

tetradic

#468CBD #B246BD #BD7746 #50BD46

square

#468CBD #B246BD #BD7746 #50BD46

split-complementary

#468CBD #BD4650 #BDB246

monochromatic

#244A65 #346B92 #468CBD #73A8CD #A0C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#468CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#468CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.103 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add1',
    500: '#468cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cbd;
$custom-light: #85add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61579,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBD

secondary

#CAAB95

accent

#8851D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBD

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

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