#468CA2#468CA2

#468CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.078 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA2
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -15.49, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 24.01, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0586 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.078 221)
XYZ	xyz(18.4229, 22.6652, 37.5794)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA2 #A25C46

analogous

#46A28A #468CA2 #465EA2

triadic

#468CA2 #A2468C #8CA246

tetradic

#468CA2 #8A46A2 #A25C46 #5EA246

square

#468CA2 #8A46A2 #A25C46 #5EA246

split-complementary

#468CA2 #A2465E #A28A46

monochromatic

#21424D #346777 #468CA2 #68A9BE #92C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#468CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#468CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA2	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.078 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adbd',
    500: '#468ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca2;
$custom-light: #81adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60351,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA2

secondary

#BC9488

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA2

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

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