#468EB8#468EB8

#468EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.096 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EB8
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -9.65, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 30.26, 251.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0526 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.096 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8472, 24.1067, 48.8925)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EB8 #B87046

analogous

#46B8A9 #468EB8 #4655B8

triadic

#468EB8 #B8468E #8EB846

tetradic

#468EB8 #A946B8 #B87046 #55B846

square

#468EB8 #A946B8 #B87046 #55B846

split-complementary

#468EB8 #B84655 #B8A946

monochromatic

#244A5F #356C8C #468EB8 #72A9C9 #9EC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#468EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#468EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EB8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EB8	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.096 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afcd',
    500: '#468eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eb8;
$custom-light: #84afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61808,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EB8

secondary

#C7A693

accent

#8353D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EB8

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

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