#468DBD#468DBD

#468DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DBD
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -7.44, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 32.51, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0498 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.102 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2325, 24.0239, 51.6524)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DBD #BD7646

analogous

#46BDB1 #468DBD #4651BD

triadic

#468DBD #BD468D #8DBD46

tetradic

#468DBD #B146BD #BD7646 #51BD46

square

#468DBD #B146BD #BD7646 #51BD46

split-complementary

#468DBD #BD4651 #BDB146

monochromatic

#244B65 #346C92 #468DBD #73A9CD #A0C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#468DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DBD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DBD	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed1',
    500: '#468dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dbd;
$custom-light: #85aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DBD

secondary

#CAAA95

accent

#8751D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DBD

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

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