#468CAC#468CAC

#468CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.085 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CAC
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -12.38, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 26.56, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0548 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.085 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3474, 23.0350, 42.4483)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CAC #AC6646

analogous

#46AC99 #468CAC #4659AC

triadic

#468CAC #AC468C #8CAC46

tetradic

#468CAC #9946AC #AC6646 #59AC46

square

#468CAC #9946AC #AC6646 #59AC46

split-complementary

#468CAC #AC4659 #AC9946

monochromatic

#234555 #346981 #468CAC #6CA8C3 #98C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#468CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CAC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CAC	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.085 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc4',
    500: '#468cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cac;
$custom-light: #82adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60783,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CAC

secondary

#C19D8D

accent

#7D56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CAC

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

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