#468DB5#468DB5

#468DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.094 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DB5
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -10.06, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 29.40, 250.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0526 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.094 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3880, 23.6861, 47.2045)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DB5 #B56E46

analogous

#46B5A6 #468DB5 #4655B5

triadic

#468DB5 #B5468D #8DB546

tetradic

#468DB5 #A646B5 #B56E46 #55B546

square

#468DB5 #A646B5 #B56E46 #55B546

split-complementary

#468DB5 #B54655 #B5A646

monochromatic

#24485D #356B89 #468DB5 #70A8C8 #9CC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#468DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DB5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DB5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.094 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aecb',
    500: '#468db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468db5;
$custom-light: #84aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.622,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61431,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DB5

secondary

#C5A492

accent

#8254D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DB5

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

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