#468EDD#468EDD

#468EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.139 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EDD
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 2.83, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 46.94, 273.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0415 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.139 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2451, 25.8659, 72.0548)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EDD #DD9546

analogous

#46D9DD #468EDD #4A46DD

triadic

#468EDD #DD468E #8EDD46

tetradic

#468EDD #DD46D9 #DD9546 #46DD4A

square

#468EDD #DD46D9 #DD9546 #46DD4A

split-complementary

#468EDD #DD4A46 #D9DD46

monochromatic

#1A528E #246FC2 #468EDD #7AAEE7 #ADCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#468EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#468EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EDD

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EDD	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)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.139 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee8',
    500: '#468edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468edd;
$custom-light: #89aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.391,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63722,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EDD

secondary

#DEC1A1

accent

#983CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EDD

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

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