#468DAE#468DAE

#468DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.087 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DAE
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -12.30, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 27.03, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0551 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.087 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6877, 23.4060, 43.5165)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DAE #AE6746

analogous

#46AE9B #468DAE #4659AE

triadic

#468DAE #AE468D #8DAE46

tetradic

#468DAE #9B46AE #AE6746 #59AE46

square

#468DAE #9B46AE #AE6746 #59AE46

split-complementary

#468DAE #AE4659 #AE9B46

monochromatic

#234657 #346A82 #468DAE #6DA9C4 #99C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#468DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DAE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DAE	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.087 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec6',
    500: '#468dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468dae;
$custom-light: #83aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61112,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DAE

secondary

#C29E8E

accent

#7D55D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DAE

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

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