#468DBE#468DBE

#468DBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.103 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DBE
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -7.11, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 32.93, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0495 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.103 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3414, 24.0674, 52.2260)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DBE #BE7746

analogous

#46BEB3 #468DBE #4651BE

triadic

#468DBE #BE468D #8DBE46

tetradic

#468DBE #B346BE #BE7746 #51BE46

square

#468DBE #B346BE #BE7746 #51BE46

split-complementary

#468DBE #BE4651 #BEB346

monochromatic

#244B66 #346C93 #468DBE #73A9CE #A1C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#468DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#468DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DBE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DBE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#778DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.103 241.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61862,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DBE

secondary

#CAAB95

accent

#8750D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DBE

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

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