#468b99

Color #468b99

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#468b99

RGB

rgb(70, 139, 153)

HSL

hsl(190.1, 37.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.1, 54.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(54.1, -17.66, -14.12)

LCH

lch(54.1, 22.61, 218.64)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0726, 212.51)

HWB

hwb(190.1, 27.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#995446

Analogous

#46997d

#468b99

#466199

Triadic

#468b99

#99468b

#8b9946

Split-complementary

#468b99

#994661

#997d46

Tetradic

#468b99

#544699

#995446

#8b9946

Square

#468b99

#7d4699

#995446

#619946

Shades

Color #468b99 mixed toward black.

#3a747f

#2f5d66

#23454c

#172e33

#0c1719

Tints

Color #468b99 mixed toward white.

#5ba5b4

#7cb7c3

#9dc9d2

#bddbe1

#deedf0

Tones

Color #468b99 mixed toward gray.

#4d8692

#54828b

#5b7d84

#62797d

#697476

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b96 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#676195 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#4b9393 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #468b99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#468b99]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#468b99 (#468b99) is rgb(70, 139, 153) in RGB.

No, #468b99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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