#468EA0#468EA0

#468EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.077 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA0
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -17.18, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 23.74, 223.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0618 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.077 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5415, 23.1844, 36.7488)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA0 #A05846

analogous

#46A085 #468EA0 #4661A0

triadic

#468EA0 #A0468E #8EA046

tetradic

#468EA0 #8546A0 #A05846 #61A046

square

#468EA0 #8546A0 #A05846 #61A046

split-complementary

#468EA0 #A04661 #A08546

monochromatic

#21424B #336875 #468EA0 #67ABBC #91C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#468EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#468EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA0

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA0	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)

#828AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.077 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afbc',
    500: '#468ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea0;
$custom-light: #81afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60756,
    "c": 0.07665,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA0

secondary

#BB9187

accent

#7059CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA0

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

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