#46A3E8#46A3E8

#46A3E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.134 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3E8
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -5.51, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 43.05, 262.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0586 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.134 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1829, 33.3194, 81.1689)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3E8 #E88B46

analogous

#46E8DC #46A3E8 #4652E8

triadic

#46A3E8 #E846A3 #A3E846

tetradic

#46A3E8 #DC46E8 #E88B46 #52E846

square

#46A3E8 #DC46E8 #E88B46 #52E846

split-complementary

#46A3E8 #E84652 #E8DC46

monochromatic

#1464A0 #1B86D6 #46A3E8 #7CBEEF #B3D9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#46A3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#46A3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3E8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3E8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.134 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeef',
    500: '#46a3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3e8;
$custom-light: #8cbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.556,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69013,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3E8

secondary

#E5C0A5

accent

#8633F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3E8

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

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