#468EAD#468EAD

#468EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.086 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EAD
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -13.17, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 26.58, 240.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0566 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.086 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7387, 23.6633, 43.0543)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EAD #AD6546

analogous

#46AD98 #468EAD #465BAD

triadic

#468EAD #AD468E #8EAD46

tetradic

#468EAD #9846AD #AD6546 #5BAD46

square

#468EAD #9846AD #AD6546 #5BAD46

split-complementary

#468EAD #AD465B #AD9846

monochromatic

#234656 #346A81 #468EAD #6CA9C4 #98C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#468EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EAD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EAD	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.086 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc5',
    500: '#468ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ead;
$custom-light: #83afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61307,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EAD

secondary

#C19D8D

accent

#7B56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EAD

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

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