#468EA5#468EA5

#468EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.080 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA5
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -15.66, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 24.60, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0597 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.08 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9877, 23.3629, 39.0989)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA5 #A55D46

analogous

#46A58C #468EA5 #465EA5

triadic

#468EA5 #A5468E #8EA546

tetradic

#468EA5 #8C46A5 #A55D46 #5EA546

square

#468EA5 #8C46A5 #A55D46 #5EA546

split-complementary

#468EA5 #A5465E #A58C46

monochromatic

#22444F #34697A #468EA5 #69AABF #94C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#468EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA5	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#808BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.080 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbf',
    500: '#468ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea5;
$custom-light: #82afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.526,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60962,
    "c": 0.07967,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA5

secondary

#BD9689

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA5

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

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