#468EA8#468EA8

#468EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.082 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA8
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -14.73, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 25.26, 234.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0586 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.082 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2639, 23.4734, 40.5538)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA8 #A86046

analogous

#46A891 #468EA8 #465DA8

triadic

#468EA8 #A8468E #8EA846

tetradic

#468EA8 #9146A8 #A86046 #5DA846

square

#468EA8 #9146A8 #A86046 #5DA846

split-complementary

#468EA8 #A8465D #A89146

monochromatic

#224552 #34697D #468EA8 #6AAAC1 #95C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#468EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#468EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA8	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)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.082 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc2',
    500: '#468ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea8;
$custom-light: #82afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA8

secondary

#BF998B

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA8

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

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