#468BA2#468BA2

#468BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.078 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BA2
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -14.94, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 24.02, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0575 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.078 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2775, 22.3743, 37.5309)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BA2 #A25D46

analogous

#46A28B #468BA2 #465DA2

triadic

#468BA2 #A2468B #8BA246

tetradic

#468BA2 #8B46A2 #A25D46 #5DA246

square

#468BA2 #8B46A2 #A25D46 #5DA246

split-complementary

#468BA2 #A2465D #A28B46

monochromatic

#21424D #346677 #468BA2 #68A8BE #92C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#468BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#468BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BA2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BA2	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.078 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adbd',
    500: '#468ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ba2;
$custom-light: #81adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BA2

secondary

#BC9588

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BA2

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

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