#46AAE2#46AAE2

#46AAE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAE2
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -11.39, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 38.39, 252.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0672 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.123 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6226, 35.5392, 77.1826)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAE2 #E27E46

analogous

#46E2CC #46AAE2 #465CE2

triadic

#46AAE2 #E246AA #AAE246

tetradic

#46AAE2 #CC46E2 #E27E46 #5CE246

square

#46AAE2 #CC46E2 #E27E46 #5CE246

split-complementary

#46AAE2 #E2465C #E2CC46

monochromatic

#186996 #208ECB #46AAE2 #7BC2EA #B0DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#46AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAE2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAE2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3eb',
    500: '#46aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aae2;
$custom-light: #8bc3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.538,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAE2

secondary

#E1B9A3

accent

#7A38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAE2

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

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