#46ACE6#46ACE6

#46ACE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACE6
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -11.17, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 39.31, 253.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0679 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5557, 36.5168, 80.2330)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACE6 #E68046

analogous

#46E6D0 #46ACE6 #465CE6

triadic

#46ACE6 #E646AC #ACE646

tetradic

#46ACE6 #D046E6 #E68046 #5CE646

square

#46ACE6 #D046E6 #E68046 #5CE646

split-complementary

#46ACE6 #E6465C #E6D046

monochromatic

#156B9C #1C90D2 #46ACE6 #7CC4ED #B2DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46ACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#46ACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACE6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACE6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4ee',
    500: '#46ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ace6;
$custom-light: #8cc4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.75,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACE6

secondary

#E3BBA4

accent

#7A35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACE6

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

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