#468DA3#468DA3

#468DA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.078 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DA3
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -15.73, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 24.21, 229.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0594 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.078 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6589, 22.9944, 38.0983)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DA3 #A35C46

analogous

#46A38A #468DA3 #465EA3

triadic

#468DA3 #A3468D #8DA346

tetradic

#468DA3 #8A46A3 #A35C46 #5EA346

square

#468DA3 #8A46A3 #A35C46 #5EA346

split-complementary

#468DA3 #A3465E #A38A46

monochromatic

#21434D #346878 #468DA3 #68AABE #93C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#468DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DA3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DA3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.078 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aebe',
    500: '#468da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468da3;
$custom-light: #82aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60636,
    "c": 0.07834,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DA3

secondary

#BC9589

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DA3

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

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