#468EA9#468EA9

#468EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.083 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EA9
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -14.42, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 25.51, 235.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0582 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.083 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3574, 23.5108, 41.0463)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EA9 #A96146

analogous

#46A993 #468EA9 #465CA9

triadic

#468EA9 #A9468E #8EA946

tetradic

#468EA9 #9346A9 #A96146 #5CA946

square

#468EA9 #9346A9 #A96146 #5CA946

split-complementary

#468EA9 #A9465C #A99346

monochromatic

#224552 #346A7E #468EA9 #6BAAC2 #96C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#468EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#468EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EA9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EA9	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.083 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc2',
    500: '#468ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ea9;
$custom-light: #82afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61132,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EA9

secondary

#BF9A8B

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EA9

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

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