#468CA4#468CA4

#468CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.079 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA4
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -14.88, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 24.43, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0579 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.079 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6021, 22.7369, 38.5231)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA4 #A45E46

analogous

#46A48D #468CA4 #465DA4

triadic

#468CA4 #A4468C #8CA446

tetradic

#468CA4 #8D46A4 #A45E46 #5DA446

square

#468CA4 #8D46A4 #A45E46 #5DA446

split-complementary

#468CA4 #A4465D #A48D46

monochromatic

#21434E #346779 #468CA4 #68A9BF #93C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#468CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#468CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA4	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.079 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbf',
    500: '#468ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca4;
$custom-light: #82adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60435,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA4

secondary

#BD9689

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA4

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

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