#468DAA#468DAA

#468DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.083 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DAA
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -13.56, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 25.86, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0567 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.083 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3036, 23.2523, 41.4933)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DAA #AA6346

analogous

#46AA95 #468DAA #465BAA

triadic

#468DAA #AA468D #8DAA46

tetradic

#468DAA #9546AA #AA6346 #5BAA46

square

#468DAA #9546AA #AA6346 #5BAA46

split-complementary

#468DAA #AA465B #AA9546

monochromatic

#224553 #34697F #468DAA #6BA9C2 #96C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#468DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DAA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DAA	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.083 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aec3',
    500: '#468daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468daa;
$custom-light: #82aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60935,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DAA

secondary

#C09B8C

accent

#7A56D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DAA

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

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