#468EA4#468EA4

#468EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.079 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA4
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -15.97, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 24.41, 229.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0601 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.079 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8970, 23.3267, 38.6214)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA4 #A45C46

analogous

#46A48B #468EA4 #465FA4

triadic

#468EA4 #A4468E #8EA446

tetradic

#468EA4 #8B46A4 #A45C46 #5FA446

square

#468EA4 #8B46A4 #A45C46 #5FA446

split-complementary

#468EA4 #A4465F #A48B46

monochromatic

#21444E #346979 #468EA4 #68ABBF #93C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#468EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#468EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA4	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.079 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbf',
    500: '#468ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea4;
$custom-light: #82afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6092,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA4

secondary

#BD9589

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA4

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

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