#468CA9#468CA9

#468CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.083 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CA9
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -13.32, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 25.69, 238.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0559 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.083 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0625, 22.9210, 40.9480)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CA9 #A96346

analogous

#46A995 #468CA9 #465AA9

triadic

#468CA9 #A9468C #8CA946

tetradic

#468CA9 #9546A9 #A96346 #5AA946

square

#468CA9 #9546A9 #A96346 #5AA946

split-complementary

#468CA9 #A9465A #A99546

monochromatic

#224452 #34687E #468CA9 #6BA8C2 #96C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#468CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CA9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CA9	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.083 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc2',
    500: '#468ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ca9;
$custom-light: #82adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CA9

secondary

#BF9B8B

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CA9

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

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