#468DB4#468DB4

#468DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.093 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DB4
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -10.38, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 29.04, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.053 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.093 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2857, 23.6452, 46.6661)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DB4 #B46D46

analogous

#46B4A4 #468DB4 #4656B4

triadic

#468DB4 #B4468D #8DB446

tetradic

#468DB4 #A446B4 #B46D46 #56B446

square

#468DB4 #A446B4 #B46D46 #56B446

split-complementary

#468DB4 #B44656 #B4A446

monochromatic

#24485C #356A88 #468DB4 #70A8C7 #9CC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#468DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#468DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DB4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DB4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.093 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aeca',
    500: '#468db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468db4;
$custom-light: #83aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.273,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61385,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DB4

secondary

#C5A391

accent

#8154D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DB4

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

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