#468DAD#468DAD

#468DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.086 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DAD
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -12.62, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 26.72, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0555 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.086 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5906, 23.3671, 43.0049)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DAD #AD6646

analogous

#46AD9A #468DAD #4659AD

triadic

#468DAD #AD468D #8DAD46

tetradic

#468DAD #9A46AD #AD6646 #59AD46

square

#468DAD #9A46AD #AD6646 #59AD46

split-complementary

#468DAD #AD4659 #AD9A46

monochromatic

#234656 #346981 #468DAD #6CA9C4 #98C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#468DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DAD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DAD	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.086 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec5',
    500: '#468dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dad;
$custom-light: #83aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61067,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DAD

secondary

#C19E8D

accent

#7C56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DAD

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

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