#468FA9#468FA9

#468FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.082 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468FA9
RGB	rgb(70, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -14.97, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 25.45, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0593 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.082 224)
XYZ	xyz(19.5069, 23.8097, 41.0962)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468FA9 #A96046

analogous

#46A992 #468FA9 #465DA9

triadic

#468FA9 #A9468F #8FA946

tetradic

#468FA9 #9246A9 #A96046 #5DA946

square

#468FA9 #9246A9 #A96046 #5DA946

split-complementary

#468FA9 #A9465D #A99246

monochromatic

#224652 #346A7E #468FA9 #6BABC2 #96C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#468FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#468FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468FA9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468FA9	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.082 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afc2',
    500: '#468fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468fa9;
$custom-light: #82afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61373,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.23812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468FA9

secondary

#BF998B

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #468FA9

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

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