#468a8b

Color #468a8b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#468a8b

RGB

rgb(70, 138, 139)

HSL

hsl(180.9, 33%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180.9, 49.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.32, -21.16, -7.18)

LCH

lch(53.32, 22.34, 198.74)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.069, 196.68)

HWB

hwb(180.9, 27.5%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b4746

Analogous

#468b6a

#468a8b

#46688b

Triadic

#468a8b

#8b468a

#8a8b46

Split-complementary

#468a8b

#8b4668

#8b6a46

Tetradic

#468a8b

#47468b

#8b4746

#8a8b46

Square

#468a8b

#6a468b

#8b4746

#688b46

Shades

Color #468a8b mixed toward black.

#3a7374

#2f5c5d

#234546

#172e2e

#0c1717

Tints

Color #468a8b mixed toward white.

#58aaab

#7abbbc

#9bcccd

#bcdddd

#deeeee

Tones

Color #468a8b mixed toward gray.

#4c8485

#527f80

#57797a

#5d7474

#636e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6b8b · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#66618b · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#4b8b8b · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #468a8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#468a8b]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#468a8b (#468a8b) is rgb(70, 138, 139) in RGB.

No, #468a8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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