#468B99#468B99

#468B99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.073 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468B99
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -17.66, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 22.61, 218.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0612 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.073 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5059, 22.0657, 33.4674)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468B99 #995446

analogous

#46997D #468B99 #466199

triadic

#468B99 #99468B #8B9946

tetradic

#468B99 #7D4699 #995446 #619946

square

#468B99 #7D4699 #995446 #619946

split-complementary

#468B99 #994661 #997D46

monochromatic

#203F45 #33656F #468B99 #64AAB8 #8EC1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#468B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#468B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468B99

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468B99	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.073 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adb7',
    500: '#468b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468b99;
$custom-light: #80adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 37.22,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5974,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468B99

secondary

#B78D84

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #468B99

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

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