#468AA5#468AA5

#468AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.080 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AA5
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -13.47, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 24.80, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0552 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.08 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4032, 22.1940, 38.9040)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AA5 #A56146

analogous

#46A590 #468AA5 #465AA5

triadic

#468AA5 #A5468A #8AA546

tetradic

#468AA5 #9046A5 #A56146 #5AA546

square

#468AA5 #9046A5 #A56146 #5AA546

split-complementary

#468AA5 #A5465A #A59046

monochromatic

#22424F #34667A #468AA5 #69A7BF #94C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#468AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#468AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AA5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AA5	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.080 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acbf',
    500: '#468aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aa5;
$custom-light: #82acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.053,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59995,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AA5

secondary

#BD9889

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AA5

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

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