#468DA9#468DA9

#468DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.083 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DA9
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -13.87, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 25.59, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.057 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.083 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2093, 23.2146, 40.9970)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DA9 #A96246

analogous

#46A994 #468DA9 #465BA9

triadic

#468DA9 #A9468D #8DA946

tetradic

#468DA9 #9446A9 #A96246 #5BA946

square

#468DA9 #9446A9 #A96246 #5BA946

split-complementary

#468DA9 #A9465B #A99446

monochromatic

#224552 #34697E #468DA9 #6BA9C2 #96C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#468DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DA9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DA9	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.083 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aec2',
    500: '#468da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468da9;
$custom-light: #82aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60891,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DA9

secondary

#BF9A8B

accent

#7957D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DA9

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

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