#468DE9#468DE9

#468DE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.156 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468DE9
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 7.61, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 53.53, 278.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0377 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.156 256)
XYZ	xyz(26.7533, 26.2322, 80.7284)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468DE9 #E9A246

analogous

#46DFE9 #468DE9 #5146E9

triadic

#468DE9 #E9468D #8DE946

tetradic

#468DE9 #E946DF #E9A246 #46E951

square

#468DE9 #E946DF #E9A246 #46E951

split-complementary

#468DE9 #E95146 #DFE946

monochromatic

#1351A1 #1A6DD8 #468DE9 #7DAFF0 #B3D0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#468DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#468DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468DE9

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468DE9	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6294ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.156 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badf0',
    500: '#468de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468de9;
$custom-light: #8badf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.865,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64198,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468DE9

secondary

#E5C9A6

accent

#A033F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #468DE9

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

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