#468CAA#468CAA

#468CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.084 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CAA
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.01, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 25.97, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0555 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.084 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1568, 22.9587, 41.4443)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CAA #AA6446

analogous

#46AA96 #468CAA #465AAA

triadic

#468CAA #AA468C #8CAA46

tetradic

#468CAA #9646AA #AA6446 #5AAA46

square

#468CAA #9646AA #AA6446 #5AAA46

split-complementary

#468CAA #AA465A #AA9646

monochromatic

#224553 #34687F #468CAA #6BA8C2 #96C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#468CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CAA

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CAA	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.084 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc3',
    500: '#468caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468caa;
$custom-light: #82adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60694,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CAA

secondary

#C09C8C

accent

#7B56D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CAA

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

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