#468BE1#468BE1

#468BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.148 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BE1
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 6.00, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 50.46, 276.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0377 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.148 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3440, 25.2009, 74.7482)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BE1 #E19C46

analogous

#46D9E1 #468BE1 #4E46E1

triadic

#468BE1 #E1468B #8BE146

tetradic

#468BE1 #E146D9 #E19C46 #46E14E

square

#468BE1 #E146D9 #E19C46 #46E14E

split-complementary

#468BE1 #E14E46 #D9E146

monochromatic

#184F95 #216CC9 #468BE1 #7BACEA #AFCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#468BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#468BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BE1

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BE1	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6491E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.148 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaceb',
    500: '#468be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468be1;
$custom-light: #8aaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.29,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63291,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BE1

secondary

#E0C5A2

accent

#9E39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BE1

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

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