#468DB3#468DB3

#468DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.092 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DB3
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -10.70, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 28.68, 248.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0533 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.092 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1842, 23.6046, 46.1315)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DB3 #B36C46

analogous

#46B3A3 #468DB3 #4657B3

triadic

#468DB3 #B3468D #8DB346

tetradic

#468DB3 #A346B3 #B36C46 #57B346

square

#468DB3 #A346B3 #B36C46 #57B346

split-complementary

#468DB3 #B34657 #B3A346

monochromatic

#24485B #356A87 #468DB3 #6FA8C7 #9BC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#468DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DB3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DB3	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.092 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aeca',
    500: '#468db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468db3;
$custom-light: #83aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.917,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61339,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DB3

secondary

#C4A390

accent

#8154D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DB3

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

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