#468AAC#468AAC

#468AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.086 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AAC
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -11.26, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 26.90, 245.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0525 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.086 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0578, 22.4558, 42.3518)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AAC #AC6846

analogous

#46AC9B #468AAC #4657AC

triadic

#468AAC #AC468A #8AAC46

tetradic

#468AAC #9B46AC #AC6846 #57AC46

square

#468AAC #9B46AC #AC6846 #57AC46

split-complementary

#468AAC #AC4657 #AC9B46

monochromatic

#234455 #346781 #468AAC #6CA6C3 #98C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#468AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#468AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AAC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AAC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.086 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acc4',
    500: '#468aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468aac;
$custom-light: #82acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60305,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AAC

secondary

#C19E8D

accent

#7F56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AAC

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

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