#468DA5#468DA5

#468DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.080 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DA5
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -15.11, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 24.62, 232.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0586 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.08 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8396, 23.0667, 39.0495)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DA5 #A55E46

analogous

#46A58D #468DA5 #465DA5

triadic

#468DA5 #A5468D #8DA546

tetradic

#468DA5 #8D46A5 #A55E46 #5DA546

square

#468DA5 #8D46A5 #A55E46 #5DA546

split-complementary

#468DA5 #A5465D #A58D46

monochromatic

#22444F #34687A #468DA5 #69A9BF #94C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#468DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#468DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DA5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DA5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.080 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aebf',
    500: '#468da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468da5;
$custom-light: #82aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.158,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6072,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DA5

secondary

#BD9789

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DA5

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

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