#46AAE0#46AAE0

#46AAE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAE0
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -12.05, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 37.67, 251.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0679 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.121 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3498, 35.4300, 75.7457)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAE0 #E07C46

analogous

#46E0C9 #46AAE0 #465DE0

triadic

#46AAE0 #E046AA #AAE046

tetradic

#46AAE0 #C946E0 #E07C46 #5DE046

square

#46AAE0 #C946E0 #E07C46 #5DE046

split-complementary

#46AAE0 #E0465D #E0C946

monochromatic

#196893 #218DC7 #46AAE0 #7AC2E9 #AFDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#46AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#46AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAE0

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAE0	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3ea',
    500: '#46aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aae0;
$custom-light: #8bc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70216,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAE0

secondary

#E0B8A2

accent

#793AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAE0

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

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