#468EB3#468EB3

#468EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.091 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EB3
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -11.26, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 28.47, 246.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0544 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.091 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3324, 23.9008, 46.1809)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EB3 #B36B46

analogous

#46B3A2 #468EB3 #4658B3

triadic

#468EB3 #B3468E #8EB346

tetradic

#468EB3 #A246B3 #B36B46 #58B346

square

#468EB3 #A246B3 #B36B46 #58B346

split-complementary

#468EB3 #B34658 #B3A246

monochromatic

#24485B #356B87 #468EB3 #6FA9C7 #9BC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#468EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EB3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EB3	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.091 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afca',
    500: '#468eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eb3;
$custom-light: #83afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.367,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61576,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EB3

secondary

#C4A290

accent

#7F54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EB3

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

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