#468BDE#468BDE

#468BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.144 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BDE
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 4.95, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 48.93, 275.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0384 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.144 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9384, 25.0386, 72.6117)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BDE #DE9946

analogous

#46D7DE #468BDE #4D46DE

triadic

#468BDE #DE468B #8BDE46

tetradic

#468BDE #DE46D7 #DE9946 #46DE4D

square

#468BDE #DE46D7 #DE9946 #46DE4D

split-complementary

#468BDE #DE4D46 #D7DE46

monochromatic

#1A4F90 #236CC4 #468BDE #7AACE7 #AECCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#468BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#468BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BDE

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BDE	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.144 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace9',
    500: '#468bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468bde;
$custom-light: #8aace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.763,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63117,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BDE

secondary

#DFC3A1

accent

#9C3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BDE

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

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