#467DFD

sRGB: 70 / 125 / 253

Silver raindrops emerge from slumber
Hidden pathways illuminate forgotten empires
Celestial symphonies shatter the chains of fate

#467DFD belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 70 red, 125 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 222.0° lands in the azure region. Its 97.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 63.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 70, 125, 253
HSL: 221.97°, 97.86%, 63.33%
HSV / HSB: 221.97°, 72.33%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 72.33%, 50.59%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 27.587, 23.060, 95.929
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 55.134, 24.437, -69.073
WCAG relative luminance: 0.23061
24-bit decimal: 4619773

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #467DFD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.61:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.74:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FDC646 sits half a turn (180°) from #467DFD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#467DFD #FDC646

Analogous

#46D9FD and #6A46FD sit 30° to either side of #467DFD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#46D9FD #467DFD #6A46FD

Triadic

#467DFD, #FD467D and #7DFD46 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#467DFD #FD467D #7DFD46

Split complementary

Start at #467DFD and look across the wheel. #FD6A46 and #D9FD46 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#467DFD #FD6A46 #D9FD46

Square

Starting with #467DFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FD46D9, #FDC646, then #46FD6A. Across the square, #467DFD pairs with #FDC646, and #FD46D9 with #46FD6A.

#467DFD #FD46D9 #FDC646 #46FD6A

Tetradic

#467DFD and #FDC646 are opposites, as are #C646FD and #7DFD46. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#467DFD #C646FD #FDC646 #7DFD46

Tints

Mixing #467DFD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6B97FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAE5FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#467DFD #6B97FD #90B1FE #B5CBFE #DAE5FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #467DFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3864CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E1933, the mixture is 80% black.

#467DFD #3864CA #2A4B98 #1C3265 #0E1933 #000000

Tones

Mixing #467DFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #527EE4, keeps 80% of the original. By #747F99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#467DFD #527EE4 #5D7ECB #697FB2 #747F99 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#467DFD

RGB

rgb(70 125 253)

HSL

hsl(221.967 97.861% 63.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #467DFD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#467DFD uses 70 red, 125 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 27.5%

Green 49.0%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #467DFD is 72.3% cyan, 50.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 72.3%

Magenta 50.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4477FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #47F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #467DFD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3366FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #4477FF Nearest web-safe: #3366FF

Gradient to complement

#467DFD #6589DF #8395C0 #A2A2A2 #C0AE83 #DFBA65 #FDC646

Color vision previews

Compare how #467DFD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#2B8DFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#007CFA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#009CB1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3286FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#117EFC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2B87E5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#848484

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6B81CC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06125 G 0.20508 B 0.98225

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.32601 G 0.48487 B 0.95946

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.08678 G 0.20030 B 0.91025

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.188 y 0.157 Y 23.060

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 72.549 M % 50.980 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000110 01111101 11111101