#46AAE8#46AAE8

#46AAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAE8
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -9.41, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 40.66, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0653 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.129 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4603, 35.8742, 81.5947)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAE8 #E88446

analogous

#46E8D5 #46AAE8 #4659E8

triadic

#46AAE8 #E846AA #AAE846

tetradic

#46AAE8 #D546E8 #E88446 #59E846

square

#46AAE8 #D546E8 #E88446 #59E846

split-complementary

#46AAE8 #E84659 #E8D546

monochromatic

#146AA0 #1B8ED6 #46AAE8 #7CC3EF #B3DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#46AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAE8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAE8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3ef',
    500: '#46aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aae8;
$custom-light: #8cc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.963,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAE8

secondary

#E5BDA5

accent

#7D33F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAE8

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

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