#468EA7#468EA7

#468EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.081 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA7
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -15.04, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 25.03, 233.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.059 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.081 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1711, 23.4363, 40.0651)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA7 #A75F46

analogous

#46A790 #468EA7 #465EA7

triadic

#468EA7 #A7468E #8EA746

tetradic

#468EA7 #9046A7 #A75F46 #5EA746

square

#468EA7 #9046A7 #A75F46 #5EA746

split-complementary

#468EA7 #A7465E #A79046

monochromatic

#224551 #34697C #468EA7 #6AAAC0 #95C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#468EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#468EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA7	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.081 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc1',
    500: '#468ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea7;
$custom-light: #82afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 40.928,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61047,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA7

secondary

#BE988A

accent

#7657D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA7

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

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