#468CE5#468CE5

#468CE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.152 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CE5
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 6.80, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 52.00, 277.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0377 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.152 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0415, 25.7126, 77.7041)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CE5 #E59F46

analogous

#46DBE5 #468CE5 #4F46E5

triadic

#468CE5 #E5468C #8CE546

tetradic

#468CE5 #E546DB #E59F46 #46E54F

square

#468CE5 #E546DB #E59F46 #46E54F

split-complementary

#468CE5 #E54F46 #DBE546

monochromatic

#16509B #1D6CD0 #468CE5 #7CADED #B1CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#468CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#468CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CE5

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CE5	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.152 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badee',
    500: '#468ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ce5;
$custom-light: #8badee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.585,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63744,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CE5

secondary

#E3C7A4

accent

#9F36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CE5

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

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