#46ADE2#46ADE2

#46ADE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADE2
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -13.02, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 37.64, 249.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0702 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.122 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1914, 36.6768, 77.3722)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADE2 #E27B46

analogous

#46E2C9 #46ADE2 #465FE2

triadic

#46ADE2 #E246AD #ADE246

tetradic

#46ADE2 #C946E2 #E27B46 #5FE246

square

#46ADE2 #C946E2 #E27B46 #5FE246

split-complementary

#46ADE2 #E2465F #E2C946

monochromatic

#186B96 #2091CB #46ADE2 #7BC4EA #B0DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#46ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#46ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADE2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADE2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5eb',
    500: '#46ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ade2;
$custom-light: #8bc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.385,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADE2

secondary

#E1B8A3

accent

#7738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADE2

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

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