#468EA2#468EA2

#468EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.078 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA2
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -16.58, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 24.05, 226.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.061 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.078 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7178, 23.2550, 37.6777)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA2 #A25A46

analogous

#46A288 #468EA2 #4660A2

triadic

#468EA2 #A2468E #8EA246

tetradic

#468EA2 #8846A2 #A25A46 #60A246

square

#468EA2 #8846A2 #A25A46 #60A246

split-complementary

#468EA2 #A24660 #A28846

monochromatic

#21434D #346977 #468EA2 #68ABBE #92C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#468EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#468EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA2

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA2	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)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.078 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbd',
    500: '#468ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea2;
$custom-light: #82afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60838,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA2

secondary

#BC9388

accent

#7258D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA2

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

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