#468EDE#468EDE

#468EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.141 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#468EDE
RGBrgb(70, 142, 222)
HSLhsl(212, 70%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.96, 3.17, -47.33)
CIE-LCHlch(57.96, 47.44, 273.84°)
OKLaboklab(63.78% -0.0412 -0.1345)
OKLCHoklch(63.78% 0.141 253)
XYZxyz(25.3787, 25.9193, 72.7585)
Luminance0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#468EDE #DE9646
analogous
#46DADE #468EDE #4A46DE
triadic
#468EDE #DE468E #8EDE46
tetradic
#468EDE #DE46DA #DE9646 #46DE4A
square
#468EDE #DE46DA #DE9646 #46DE4A
split-complementary
#468EDE #DE4A46 #DADE46
monochromatic
#1A5290 #236FC4 #468EDE #7AAEE7 #AECDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#468EDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18
#468EDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EDE
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##468EDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##468EDE1.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A93E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5485DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #468ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.141 253.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee8',
    500: '#468ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #468ede;
$custom-light: #8aaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#468ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.25922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#468EDE
secondary
#DFC2A1
accent
#993BED
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#468EDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva