#468DA2#468DA2

#468DA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.078 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DA2
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 13%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -16.03, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 24.02, 228.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0598 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.078 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5697, 22.9587, 37.6283)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DA2 #A25B46

analogous

#46A289 #468DA2 #465FA2

triadic

#468DA2 #A2468D #8DA246

tetradic

#468DA2 #8946A2 #A25B46 #5FA246

square

#468DA2 #8946A2 #A25B46 #5FA246

split-complementary

#468DA2 #A2465F #A28946

monochromatic

#21434D #346877 #468DA2 #68AABE #92C2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#468DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#468DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DA2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DA2	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)

#808AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.078 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aebd',
    500: '#468da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468da2;
$custom-light: #81aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.696,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60594,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DA2

secondary

#BC9488

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DA2

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

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