#468DBC#468DBC

#468DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DBC
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -7.77, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 32.11, 255.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0502 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.101 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1243, 23.9806, 51.0827)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DBC #BC7546

analogous

#46BCB0 #468DBC #4652BC

triadic

#468DBC #BC468D #8DBC46

tetradic

#468DBC #B046BC #BC7546 #52BC46

square

#468DBC #B046BC #BC7546 #52BC46

split-complementary

#468DBC #BC4652 #BCB046

monochromatic

#244A64 #346C90 #468DBC #73A9CC #A0C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#468DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DBC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DBC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aed0',
    500: '#468dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dbc;
$custom-light: #84aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61764,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DBC

secondary

#C9AA95

accent

#8651D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DBC

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

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