#46A1E3#46A1E3

#46A1E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.130 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46A1E3
RGBrgb(70, 161, 227)
HSLhsl(205, 74%, 58%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(63.62, -6.07, -41.19)
CIE-LCHlch(63.62, 41.64, 261.61°)
OKLaboklab(68.31% -0.0582 -0.1164)
OKLCHoklch(68.31% 0.13 243.4)
XYZxyz(29.1305, 32.3347, 77.3641)
Luminance0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46A1E3 #E38846
analogous
#46E3D6 #46A1E3 #4652E3
triadic
#46A1E3 #E346A1 #A1E346
tetradic
#46A1E3 #D646E3 #E38846 #52E346
square
#46A1E3 #D646E3 #E38846 #52E346
split-complementary
#46A1E3 #E34652 #E3D646
monochromatic
#176298 #1F84CD #46A1E3 #7BBCEB #B0D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#46A1E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47
#46A1E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A1E3
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46A1E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46A1E31.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83A2E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D93E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46a1e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 161, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.130 243.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcec',
    500: '#46a1e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46a1e3;
$custom-light: #8bbcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46a1e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.223,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68306,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46A1E3
secondary
#E2BDA3
accent
#8537F0
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#46A1E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva