#468AE5#468AE5

#468AE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.154 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468AE5
RGB	rgb(70, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 8.00, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 53.04, 278.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0359 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.154 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7520, 25.1335, 77.6076)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468AE5 #E5A146

analogous

#46D9E5 #468AE5 #5146E5

triadic

#468AE5 #E5468A #8AE546

tetradic

#468AE5 #E546D9 #E5A146 #46E551

square

#468AE5 #E546D9 #E5A146 #46E551

split-complementary

#468AE5 #E55146 #D9E546

monochromatic

#164F9B #1D6AD0 #468AE5 #7CACED #B1CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#468AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468AE5

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468AE5	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.154 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babee',
    500: '#468ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ae5;
$custom-light: #8babee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.34,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6331,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468AE5

secondary

#E3C8A4

accent

#A236F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468AE5

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

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