#468BA7#468BA7

#468BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.081 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BA7
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -13.39, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 25.24, 237.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0555 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.081 227)
XYZ	xyz(18.7308, 22.5556, 39.9183)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BA7 #A76246

analogous

#46A793 #468BA7 #465BA7

triadic

#468BA7 #A7468B #8BA746

tetradic

#468BA7 #9346A7 #A76246 #5BA746

square

#468BA7 #9346A7 #A76246 #5BA746

split-complementary

#468BA7 #A7465B #A79346

monochromatic

#224351 #34677C #468BA7 #6AA7C0 #95C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#468BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#468BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BA7

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BA7	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.081 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc1',
    500: '#468ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ba7;
$custom-light: #82adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 40.928,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.22557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BA7

secondary

#BE998A

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BA7

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

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