#468AE1#468AE1

#468AE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.149 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AE1
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 38.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 6.60, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 50.98, 277.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0367 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.149 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1999, 24.9126, 74.7001)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AE1 #E19D46

analogous

#46D8E1 #468AE1 #4F46E1

triadic

#468AE1 #E1468A #8AE146

tetradic

#468AE1 #E146D8 #E19D46 #46E14F

square

#468AE1 #E146D8 #E19D46 #46E14F

split-complementary

#468AE1 #E14F46 #D8E146

monochromatic

#184F95 #216BC9 #468AE1 #7BABEA #AFCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#468AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#468AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AE1

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AE1	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.149 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabeb',
    500: '#468ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ae1;
$custom-light: #8aabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.677,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63073,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AE1

secondary

#E0C5A2

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AE1

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

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