#468BE0#468BE0

#468BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.146 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BE0
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 5.65, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 49.95, 276.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0379 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.146 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.2080, 25.1465, 74.0318)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BE0 #E09B46

analogous

#46D8E0 #468BE0 #4E46E0

triadic

#468BE0 #E0468B #8BE046

tetradic

#468BE0 #E046D8 #E09B46 #46E04E

square

#468BE0 #E046D8 #E09B46 #46E04E

split-complementary

#468BE0 #E04E46 #D8E046

monochromatic

#194F93 #216CC7 #468BE0 #7AACE9 #AFCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#468BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BE0

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BE0	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)

#6491E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.146 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacea',
    500: '#468be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468be0;
$custom-light: #8aacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.117,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63233,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BE0

secondary

#E0C4A2

accent

#9D3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BE0

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

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