#468AE0#468AE0

#468AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.147 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AE0
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 6.25, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 50.46, 277.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.037 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.147 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0639, 24.8582, 73.9838)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AE0 #E09C46

analogous

#46D7E0 #468AE0 #4F46E0

triadic

#468AE0 #E0468A #8AE046

tetradic

#468AE0 #E046D7 #E09C46 #46E04F

square

#468AE0 #E046D7 #E09C46 #46E04F

split-complementary

#468AE0 #E04F46 #D7E046

monochromatic

#194F93 #216BC7 #468AE0 #7AABE9 #AFCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#468AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#468AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AE0

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AE0	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6390E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.147 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabea',
    500: '#468ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ae0;
$custom-light: #8aabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.506,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63014,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AE0

secondary

#E0C5A2

accent

#9E3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AE0

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

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