#468DE2#468DE2

#468DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.147 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DE2
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 5.16, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 49.95, 275.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0393 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.147 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7731, 25.8401, 75.5661)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DE2 #E29B46

analogous

#46DBE2 #468DE2 #4D46E2

triadic

#468DE2 #E2468D #8DE246

tetradic

#468DE2 #E246DB #E29B46 #46E24D

square

#468DE2 #E246DB #E29B46 #46E24D

split-complementary

#468DE2 #E24D46 #DBE246

monochromatic

#185196 #206ECB #468DE2 #7BAEEA #B0CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#468DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#468DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DE2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DE2	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.147 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aadeb',
    500: '#468de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468de2;
$custom-light: #8aadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.692,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DE2

secondary

#E1C5A3

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DE2

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

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