#468AA0#468AA0

#468AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.076 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AA0
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -15.01, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 23.62, 230.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0571 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.076 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9570, 22.0155, 36.5540)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AA0 #A05C46

analogous

#46A089 #468AA0 #465DA0

triadic

#468AA0 #A0468A #8AA046

tetradic

#468AA0 #8946A0 #A05C46 #5DA046

square

#468AA0 #8946A0 #A05C46 #5DA046

split-complementary

#468AA0 #A0465D #A08946

monochromatic

#21414B #336575 #468AA0 #67A7BC #91C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#468AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#468AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AA0

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AA0	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.076 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acbc',
    500: '#468aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aa0;
$custom-light: #81acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59781,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AA0

secondary

#BB9487

accent

#7659CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AA0

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

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