#468FAD#468FAD

#468FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.086 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468FAD
RGB	rgb(70, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -13.72, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 26.46, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0578 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.086 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8882, 23.9622, 43.1041)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468FAD #AD6446

analogous

#46AD98 #468FAD #465BAD

triadic

#468FAD #AD468F #8FAD46

tetradic

#468FAD #9846AD #AD6446 #5BAD46

square

#468FAD #9846AD #AD6446 #5BAD46

split-complementary

#468FAD #AD465B #AD9846

monochromatic

#234756 #346B81 #468FAD #6CAAC4 #98C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#468FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#468FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468FAD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468FAD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.086 227.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61546,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468FAD

secondary

#C19D8D

accent

#7A56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #468FAD

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

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