#468EB4#468EB4

#468EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.092 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EB4
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -10.94, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 28.81, 247.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0541 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.092 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4339, 23.9414, 46.7155)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EB4 #B46C46

analogous

#46B4A3 #468EB4 #4657B4

triadic

#468EB4 #B4468E #8EB446

tetradic

#468EB4 #A346B4 #B46C46 #57B446

square

#468EB4 #A346B4 #B46C46 #57B446

split-complementary

#468EB4 #B44657 #B4A346

monochromatic

#24485C #356B88 #468EB4 #70A9C7 #9CC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#468EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EB4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EB4	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.092 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afca',
    500: '#468eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eb4;
$custom-light: #84afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.727,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EB4

secondary

#C5A391

accent

#8054D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EB4

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

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