#468EB9#468EB9

#468EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.097 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EB9
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -9.32, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 30.64, 252.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0523 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.097 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9524, 24.1488, 49.4465)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EB9 #B97146

analogous

#46B9AB #468EB9 #4654B9

triadic

#468EB9 #B9468E #8EB946

tetradic

#468EB9 #AB46B9 #B97146 #54B946

square

#468EB9 #AB46B9 #B97146 #54B946

split-complementary

#468EB9 #B94654 #B9AB46

monochromatic

#244A60 #356C8D #468EB9 #72A9CA #9FC4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#468EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#468EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EB9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EB9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.097 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afce',
    500: '#468eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eb9;
$custom-light: #84afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61855,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EB9

secondary

#C7A794

accent

#8453D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EB9

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

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