#468AA2#468AA2

#468AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.078 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AA2
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -14.39, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 24.06, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0563 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.078 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1333, 22.0860, 37.4828)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AA2 #A25E46

analogous

#46A28C #468AA2 #465CA2

triadic

#468AA2 #A2468A #8AA246

tetradic

#468AA2 #8C46A2 #A25E46 #5CA246

square

#468AA2 #8C46A2 #A25E46 #5CA246

split-complementary

#468AA2 #A2465C #A28C46

monochromatic

#21414D #346677 #468AA2 #68A7BE #92C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#468AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#468AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AA2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AA2	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.078 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acbd',
    500: '#468aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aa2;
$custom-light: #81acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59866,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AA2

secondary

#BC9688

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AA2

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

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