#468BE9#468BE9

#468BE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.158 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468BE9
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 8.80, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 54.59, 279.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0359 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.158 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4610, 25.6477, 80.6309)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468BE9 #E9A446

analogous

#46DDE9 #468BE9 #5346E9

triadic

#468BE9 #E9468B #8BE946

tetradic

#468BE9 #E946DD #E9A446 #46E953

square

#468BE9 #E946DD #E9A446 #46E953

split-complementary

#468BE9 #E95346 #DDE946

monochromatic

#134FA1 #1A6AD8 #468BE9 #7DADF0 #B3D0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#468BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#468BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468BE9

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468BE9	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F93ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4584E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.158 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacf0',
    500: '#468be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468be9;
$custom-light: #8cacf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.601,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.15788,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468BE9

secondary

#E5CAA6

accent

#A333F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #468BE9

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

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