#468BAE#468BAE

#468BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.088 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BAE
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -11.18, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 27.38, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0529 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.088 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3955, 22.8215, 43.4190)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BAE #AE6946

analogous

#46AE9D #468BAE #4657AE

triadic

#468BAE #AE468B #8BAE46

tetradic

#468BAE #9D46AE #AE6946 #57AE46

square

#468BAE #9D46AE #AE6946 #57AE46

split-complementary

#468BAE #AE4657 #AE9D46

monochromatic

#234557 #346882 #468BAE #6DA7C4 #99C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#468BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#468BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BAE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BAE	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.088 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc6',
    500: '#468bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bae;
$custom-light: #83acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.192,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BAE

secondary

#C29F8E

accent

#7F55D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BAE

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

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