#46AAE9#46AAE9

#46AAE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAE9
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -9.07, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 41.05, 257.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.065 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.13 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6028, 35.9312, 82.3449)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAE9 #E98546

analogous

#46E9D6 #46AAE9 #4659E9

triadic

#46AAE9 #E946AA #AAE946

tetradic

#46AAE9 #D646E9 #E98546 #59E946

square

#46AAE9 #D646E9 #E98546 #59E946

split-complementary

#46AAE9 #E94659 #E9D646

monochromatic

#136AA1 #1A8FD8 #46AAE9 #7DC3F0 #B3DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#46AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAE9

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAE9	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3f0',
    500: '#46aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aae9;
$custom-light: #8cc3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.19,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70649,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAE9

secondary

#E5BEA6

accent

#7E33F5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAE9

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

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