#468EE9#468EE9

#468EE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.155 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468EE9
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 7.01, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 53.01, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0386 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.155 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9014, 26.5284, 80.7777)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468EE9 #E9A146

analogous

#46E0E9 #468EE9 #5046E9

triadic

#468EE9 #E9468E #8EE946

tetradic

#468EE9 #E946E0 #E9A146 #46E950

square

#468EE9 #E946E0 #E9A146 #46E950

split-complementary

#468EE9 #E95046 #E0E946

monochromatic

#1352A1 #1A6ED8 #468EE9 #7DAFF0 #B3D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#468EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#468EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468EE9

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468EE9	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.155 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baef0',
    500: '#468ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468ee9;
$custom-light: #8baef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.497,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468EE9

secondary

#E5C9A6

accent

#9F33F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #468EE9

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

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