#468EE5#468EE5

#468EE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.150 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EE5
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(213, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, 5.61, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 50.97, 276.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0396 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.15 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3364, 26.3024, 77.8024)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EE5 #E59D46

analogous

#46DDE5 #468EE5 #4D46E5

triadic

#468EE5 #E5468E #8EE546

tetradic

#468EE5 #E546DD #E59D46 #46E54D

square

#468EE5 #E546DD #E59D46 #46E54D

split-complementary

#468EE5 #E54D46 #DDE546

monochromatic

#16529B #1D6ED0 #468EE5 #7CAFED #B1D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#468EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#468EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EE5

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EE5	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6694E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.150 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeed',
    500: '#468ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ee5;
$custom-light: #8baeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.83,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6418,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EE5

secondary

#E3C6A4

accent

#9D36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EE5

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

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