#468BE2#468BE2

#468BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.149 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BE2
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 6.35, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 50.97, 277.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0374 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.149 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4808, 25.2556, 75.4687)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BE2 #E29D46

analogous

#46D9E2 #468BE2 #4F46E2

triadic

#468BE2 #E2468B #8BE246

tetradic

#468BE2 #E246D9 #E29D46 #46E24F

square

#468BE2 #E246D9 #E29D46 #46E24F

split-complementary

#468BE2 #E24F46 #D9E246

monochromatic

#184F96 #206CCB #468BE2 #7BACEA #B0CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#468BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#468BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BE2

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BE2	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.149 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaceb',
    500: '#468be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468be2;
$custom-light: #8aaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.462,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6335,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BE2

secondary

#E1C5A3

accent

#9E38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BE2

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

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