#468EA6#468EA6

#468EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.080 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA6
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -15.35, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 24.81, 231.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0594 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.08 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0790, 23.3995, 39.5801)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA6 #A65E46

analogous

#46A68E #468EA6 #465EA6

triadic

#468EA6 #A6468E #8EA646

tetradic

#468EA6 #8E46A6 #A65E46 #5EA646

square

#468EA6 #8E46A6 #A65E46 #5EA646

split-complementary

#468EA6 #A6465E #A68E46

monochromatic

#224450 #34697B #468EA6 #69AAC0 #94C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#468EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#468EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA6	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.080 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc0',
    500: '#468ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea6;
$custom-light: #82afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61004,
    "c": 0.08035,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA6

secondary

#BE978A

accent

#7657D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA6

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

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