#468CE9#468CE9

#468CE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.157 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468CE9
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 8.21, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 54.06, 278.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0368 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.157 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6065, 25.9386, 80.6794)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468CE9 #E9A346

analogous

#46DEE9 #468CE9 #5246E9

triadic

#468CE9 #E9468C #8CE946

tetradic

#468CE9 #E946DE #E9A346 #46E952

square

#468CE9 #E946DE #E9A346 #46E952

split-complementary

#468CE9 #E95246 #DEE946

monochromatic

#1350A1 #1A6BD8 #468CE9 #7DAEF0 #B3D0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#468CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#468CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468CE9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468CE9	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6194ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.157 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badf0',
    500: '#468ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ce9;
$custom-light: #8badf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.233,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468CE9

secondary

#E5CAA6

accent

#A233F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #468CE9

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

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