#468EA1#468EA1

#468EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.077 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA1
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -16.88, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 23.89, 225.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0614 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.077 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6293, 23.2196, 37.2114)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA1 #A15946

analogous

#46A186 #468EA1 #4661A1

triadic

#468EA1 #A1468E #8EA146

tetradic

#468EA1 #8646A1 #A15946 #61A146

square

#468EA1 #8646A1 #A15946 #61A146

split-complementary

#468EA1 #A14661 #A18646

monochromatic

#21434C #336876 #468EA1 #67ABBD #92C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#468EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA1	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)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.077 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afbc',
    500: '#468ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea1;
$custom-light: #81afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60797,
    "c": 0.0772,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA1

secondary

#BB9288

accent

#7159CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA1

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

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