#468CA8#468CA8

#468CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.082 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA8
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -13.63, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 25.42, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0563 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.082 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9690, 22.8836, 40.4555)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA8 #A86246

analogous

#46A893 #468CA8 #465BA8

triadic

#468CA8 #A8468C #8CA846

tetradic

#468CA8 #9346A8 #A86246 #5BA846

square

#468CA8 #9346A8 #A86246 #5BA846

split-complementary

#468CA8 #A8465B #A89346

monochromatic

#224452 #34687D #468CA8 #6AA8C1 #95C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#468CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#468CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA8	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.082 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc2',
    500: '#468ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca8;
$custom-light: #82adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60607,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA8

secondary

#BF9A8B

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA8

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

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