#468DB8#468DB8

#468DB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.097 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DB8
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -9.08, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 30.52, 252.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0515 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.097 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6991, 23.8105, 48.8432)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DB8 #B87146

analogous

#46B8AA #468DB8 #4654B8

triadic

#468DB8 #B8468D #8DB846

tetradic

#468DB8 #AA46B8 #B87146 #54B846

square

#468DB8 #AA46B8 #B87146 #54B846

split-complementary

#468DB8 #B84654 #B8AA46

monochromatic

#24495F #356B8C #468DB8 #72A8C9 #9EC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#468DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#468DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DB8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DB8	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)

#798CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.097 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aecd',
    500: '#468db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468db8;
$custom-light: #84aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.632,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61572,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DB8

secondary

#C7A793

accent

#8453D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DB8

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

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