#468DE5#468DE5

#468DE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.151 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DE5
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(213, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 6.21, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 51.48, 276.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0386 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.151 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1883, 26.0062, 77.7531)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DE5 #E59E46

analogous

#46DCE5 #468DE5 #4E46E5

triadic

#468DE5 #E5468D #8DE546

tetradic

#468DE5 #E546DC #E59E46 #46E54E

square

#468DE5 #E546DC #E59E46 #46E54E

split-complementary

#468DE5 #E54E46 #DCE546

monochromatic

#16519B #1D6DD0 #468DE5 #7CAEED #B1CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#468DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#468DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DE5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DE5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.151 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baded',
    500: '#468de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468de5;
$custom-light: #8baded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.208,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63962,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DE5

secondary

#E3C7A4

accent

#9E36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DE5

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

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