#468EAE#468EAE

#468EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.087 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EAE
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -12.85, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 26.88, 241.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0563 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.087 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8358, 23.7022, 43.5658)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EAE #AE6646

analogous

#46AE9A #468EAE #465AAE

triadic

#468EAE #AE468E #8EAE46

tetradic

#468EAE #9A46AE #AE6646 #5AAE46

square

#468EAE #9A46AE #AE6646 #5AAE46

split-complementary

#468EAE #AE465A #AE9A46

monochromatic

#234757 #346A82 #468EAE #6DA9C4 #99C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#468EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#468EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EAE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EAE	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.087 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc6',
    500: '#468eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468eae;
$custom-light: #83afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61351,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EAE

secondary

#C29E8E

accent

#7C55D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EAE

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

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