#468CBF#468CBF

#468CBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.105 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CBF
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -6.21, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 33.69, 259.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0481 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.105 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3043, 23.8177, 52.7547)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CBF #BF7946

analogous

#46BFB5 #468CBF #464FBF

triadic

#468CBF #BF468C #8CBF46

tetradic

#468CBF #B546BF #BF7946 #4FBF46

square

#468CBF #B546BF #BF7946 #4FBF46

split-complementary

#468CBF #BF464F #BFB546

monochromatic

#244B67 #336C94 #468CBF #73A8CF #A1C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#468CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#468CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CBF

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CBF	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#758DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.105 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add2',
    500: '#468cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cbf;
$custom-light: #85add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.289,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CBF

secondary

#CBAC96

accent

#8950D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CBF

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

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