#468AA6#468AA6

#468AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.081 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AA6
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -13.15, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 25.07, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0548 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.081 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4946, 22.2305, 39.3853)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AA6 #A66246

analogous

#46A692 #468AA6 #465AA6

triadic

#468AA6 #A6468A #8AA646

tetradic

#468AA6 #9246A6 #A66246 #5AA646

square

#468AA6 #9246A6 #A66246 #5AA646

split-complementary

#468AA6 #A6465A #A69246

monochromatic

#224250 #34667B #468AA6 #69A7C0 #94C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#468AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#468AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AA6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AA6	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.081 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acc0',
    500: '#468aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aa6;
$custom-light: #82acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60038,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AA6

secondary

#BE998A

accent

#7B57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AA6

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

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