#468ADE#468ADE

#468ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.145 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468ADE
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 5.55, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 49.44, 276.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0374 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.145 255)
XYZ	xyz(24.7943, 24.7504, 72.5637)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#468ADE #DE9A46

analogous

#46D6DE #468ADE #4E46DE

triadic

#468ADE #DE468A #8ADE46

tetradic

#468ADE #DE46D6 #DE9A46 #46DE4E

square

#468ADE #DE46D6 #DE9A46 #46DE4E

split-complementary

#468ADE #DE4E46 #D6DE46

monochromatic

#1A4F90 #236BC4 #468ADE #7AABE7 #AECCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#468ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#468ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468ADE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468ADE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.145 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe9',
    500: '#468ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ade;
$custom-light: #8aabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62897,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.24753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468ADE

secondary

#DFC3A1

accent

#9D3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468ADE

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

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