#468DB9#468DB9

#468DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.098 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DB9
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -8.76, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 30.91, 253.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0512 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.098 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8043, 23.8526, 49.3972)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DB9 #B97246

analogous

#46B9AC #468DB9 #4653B9

triadic

#468DB9 #B9468D #8DB946

tetradic

#468DB9 #AC46B9 #B97246 #53B946

square

#468DB9 #AC46B9 #B97246 #53B946

split-complementary

#468DB9 #B94653 #B9AC46

monochromatic

#244960 #356B8D #468DB9 #72A8CA #9FC4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#468DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#468DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DB9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DB9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.098 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aece',
    500: '#468db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468db9;
$custom-light: #84aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6162,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DB9

secondary

#C7A794

accent

#8553D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DB9

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

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