#468EBC#468EBC

#468EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.100 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EBC
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -8.34, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 31.80, 254.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0513 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.1 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2724, 24.2768, 51.1320)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EBC #BC7446

analogous

#46BCAF #468EBC #4653BC

triadic

#468EBC #BC468E #8EBC46

tetradic

#468EBC #AF46BC #BC7446 #53BC46

square

#468EBC #AF46BC #BC7446 #53BC46

split-complementary

#468EBC #BC4653 #BCAF46

monochromatic

#244B64 #346D90 #468EBC #73A9CC #A0C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#468EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#468EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EBC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EBC	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.100 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd0',
    500: '#468ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ebc;
$custom-light: #85afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.39,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EBC

secondary

#C9A995

accent

#8551D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EBC

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

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