#468EAA#468EAA

#468EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.083 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EAA
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -14.11, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 25.76, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0578 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.083 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4517, 23.5485, 41.5426)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EAA #AA6246

analogous

#46AA94 #468EAA #465CAA

triadic

#468EAA #AA468E #8EAA46

tetradic

#468EAA #9446AA #AA6246 #5CAA46

square

#468EAA #9446AA #AA6246 #5CAA46

split-complementary

#468EAA #AA465C #AA9446

monochromatic

#224653 #346A7F #468EAA #6BAAC2 #96C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#468EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#468EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EAA

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EAA	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.083 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc3',
    500: '#468eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eaa;
$custom-light: #82afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61175,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EAA

secondary

#C09A8C

accent

#7956D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EAA

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

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