#468EBD#468EBD

#468EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EBD
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -8.01, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 32.20, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0509 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.101 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3806, 24.3201, 51.7017)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EBD #BD7546

analogous

#46BDB0 #468EBD #4653BD

triadic

#468EBD #BD468E #8EBD46

tetradic

#468EBD #B046BD #BD7546 #53BD46

square

#468EBD #B046BD #BD7546 #53BD46

split-complementary

#468EBD #BD4653 #BDB046

monochromatic

#244B65 #346D92 #468EBD #73AACD #A0C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#468EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#468EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EBD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EBD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd1',
    500: '#468ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ebd;
$custom-light: #85afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62046,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EBD

secondary

#CAAA95

accent

#8651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EBD

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

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