#46AAE1#46AAE1

#46AAE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAE1
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -11.72, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 38.03, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0676 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.122 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4858, 35.4844, 76.4621)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAE1 #E17D46

analogous

#46E1CA #46AAE1 #465DE1

triadic

#46AAE1 #E146AA #AAE146

tetradic

#46AAE1 #CA46E1 #E17D46 #5DE146

square

#46AAE1 #CA46E1 #E17D46 #5DE146

split-complementary

#46AAE1 #E1465D #E1CA46

monochromatic

#186895 #218DC9 #46AAE1 #7BC2EA #AFDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#46AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAE1

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAE1	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3ea',
    500: '#46aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aae1;
$custom-light: #8bc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70263,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAE1

secondary

#E0B8A2

accent

#7A39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAE1

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

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