#468EA3#468EA3

#468EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.078 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA3
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -16.27, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 24.22, 227.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0605 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.078 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8071, 23.2907, 38.1477)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA3 #A35B46

analogous

#46A389 #468EA3 #4660A3

triadic

#468EA3 #A3468E #8EA346

tetradic

#468EA3 #8946A3 #A35B46 #60A346

square

#468EA3 #8946A3 #A35B46 #60A346

split-complementary

#468EA3 #A34660 #A38946

monochromatic

#21434D #346978 #468EA3 #68ABBE #93C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#468EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#468EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA3	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.078 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbe',
    500: '#468ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea3;
$custom-light: #82afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60879,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA3

secondary

#BC9489

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA3

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

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