#468CAE#468CAE

#468CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.087 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CAE
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -11.74, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 27.19, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.054 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.087 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5409, 23.1124, 43.4675)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CAE #AE6846

analogous

#46AE9C #468CAE #4658AE

triadic

#468CAE #AE468C #8CAE46

tetradic

#468CAE #9C46AE #AE6846 #58AE46

square

#468CAE #9C46AE #AE6846 #58AE46

split-complementary

#468CAE #AE4658 #AE9C46

monochromatic

#234657 #346982 #468CAE #6DA8C4 #99C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#468CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#468CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CAE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CAE	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.087 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc6',
    500: '#468cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468cae;
$custom-light: #83adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.615,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60873,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CAE

secondary

#C29F8E

accent

#7E55D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CAE

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

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