#468DA8#468DA8

#468DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.082 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DA8
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -14.18, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 25.33, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0574 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.082 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1158, 23.1772, 40.5045)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DA8 #A86146

analogous

#46A892 #468DA8 #465CA8

triadic

#468DA8 #A8468D #8DA846

tetradic

#468DA8 #9246A8 #A86146 #5CA846

square

#468DA8 #9246A8 #A86146 #5CA846

split-complementary

#468DA8 #A8465C #A89246

monochromatic

#224452 #34697D #468DA8 #6AA9C1 #95C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#468DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#468DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DA8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DA8	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.082 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aec2',
    500: '#468da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468da8;
$custom-light: #82aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DA8

secondary

#BF998B

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DA8

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

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