#46ABE9#46ABE9

#46ABE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ABE9
RGB	rgb(70, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -9.62, -39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 40.74, 256.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0659 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.13 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7910, 36.3076, 82.4076)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ABE9 #E98446

analogous

#46E9D6 #46ABE9 #465AE9

triadic

#46ABE9 #E946AB #ABE946

tetradic

#46ABE9 #D646E9 #E98446 #5AE946

square

#46ABE9 #D646E9 #E98446 #5AE946

split-complementary

#46ABE9 #E9465A #E9D646

monochromatic

#136BA1 #1A90D8 #46ABE9 #7DC4F0 #B3DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#46ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ABE9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ABE9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3f0',
    500: '#46abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46abe9;
$custom-light: #8cc3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.822,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ABE9

secondary

#E5BEA6

accent

#7D33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ABE9

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

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