#468CA6#468CA6

#468CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.081 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA6
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -14.26, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 24.90, 235.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0571 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.081 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7841, 22.8097, 39.4818)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA6 #A66046

analogous

#46A690 #468CA6 #465CA6

triadic

#468CA6 #A6468C #8CA646

tetradic

#468CA6 #9046A6 #A66046 #5CA646

square

#468CA6 #9046A6 #A66046 #5CA646

split-complementary

#468CA6 #A6465C #A69046

monochromatic

#224350 #34687B #468CA6 #69A8C0 #94C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#468CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#468CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7E89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.081 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc0',
    500: '#468ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca6;
$custom-light: #82adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60521,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA6

secondary

#BE988A

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA6

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

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