#468AA4#468AA4

#468AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.079 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AA4
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -13.78, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 24.54, 235.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0555 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.079 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3125, 22.1577, 38.4266)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AA4 #A46046

analogous

#46A48F #468AA4 #465BA4

triadic

#468AA4 #A4468A #8AA446

tetradic

#468AA4 #8F46A4 #A46046 #5BA446

square

#468AA4 #8F46A4 #A46046 #5BA446

split-complementary

#468AA4 #A4465B #A48F46

monochromatic

#21424E #346679 #468AA4 #68A7BF #93C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#468AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#468AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AA4

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AA4	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.079 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acbf',
    500: '#468aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aa4;
$custom-light: #81acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59951,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AA4

secondary

#BD9789

accent

#7958D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AA4

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

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