#468EB5#468EB5

#468EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.093 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EB5
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -10.62, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 29.16, 248.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0537 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.093 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5361, 23.9823, 47.2539)
Luminance	0.2398 (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

#468EB5 #B56D46

analogous

#46B5A5 #468EB5 #4657B5

triadic

#468EB5 #B5468E #8EB546

tetradic

#468EB5 #A546B5 #B56D46 #57B546

square

#468EB5 #A546B5 #B56D46 #57B546

split-complementary

#468EB5 #B54657 #B5A546

monochromatic

#24495D #356B89 #468EB5 #70A9C8 #9CC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#468EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#468EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EB5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EB5	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)

#7B8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.093 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afcb',
    500: '#468eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eb5;
$custom-light: #84afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EB5

secondary

#C5A492

accent

#8154D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EB5

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

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