#468CA3#468CA3

#468CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.078 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA3
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -15.18, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 24.22, 231.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0582 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.078 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.5122, 22.7009, 38.0494)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA3 #A35D46

analogous

#46A38B #468CA3 #465DA3

triadic

#468CA3 #A3468C #8CA346

tetradic

#468CA3 #8B46A3 #A35D46 #5DA346

square

#468CA3 #8B46A3 #A35D46 #5DA346

split-complementary

#468CA3 #A3465D #A38B46

monochromatic

#21424D #346778 #468CA3 #68A9BE #93C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#468CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#468CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA3

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA3	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.078 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adbe',
    500: '#468ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca3;
$custom-light: #81adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.839,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60393,
    "c": 0.07834,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA3

secondary

#BC9589

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA3

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

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