#468caa

Color #468caa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.44 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#468caa

RGB

rgb(70, 140, 170)

HSL

hsl(198, 41.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 58.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(55.03, -13.01, -22.48)

LCH

lch(55.03, 25.97, 239.94)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0837, 228.44)

HWB

hwb(198, 27.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6446

Analogous

#46aa96

#468caa

#465aaa

Triadic

#468caa

#aa468c

#8caa46

Split-complementary

#468caa

#aa465a

#aa9646

Tetradic

#468caa

#6446aa

#aa6446

#8caa46

Square

#468caa

#9646aa

#aa6446

#5aaa46

Shades

Color #468caa mixed toward black.

#3a758e

#2f5d71

#234655

#172f39

#0c171c

Tints

Color #468caa mixed toward white.

#60a1bd

#80b4cb

#9fc7d8

#bfdae5

#dfecf2

Tones

Color #468caa mixed toward gray.

#4e89a2

#578599

#5f8291

#677f89

#707b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ca3 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#6762a2 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#4b9e9d · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #468caa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#468caa]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#468caa (#468caa) is rgb(70, 140, 170) in RGB.

No, #468caa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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