#468CBE#468CBE

#468CBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBE
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -6.54, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 33.26, 258.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0484 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.104 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1946, 23.7739, 52.1771)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBE #BE7846

analogous

#46BEB4 #468CBE #4650BE

triadic

#468CBE #BE468C #8CBE46

tetradic

#468CBE #B446BE #BE7846 #50BE46

square

#468CBE #B446BE #BE7846 #50BE46

split-complementary

#468CBE #BE4650 #BEB446

monochromatic

#244A66 #346B93 #468CBE #73A8CE #A1C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#468CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#468CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBE	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 242.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61628,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBE

secondary

#CAAB95

accent

#8950D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBE

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

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