#46ADE9#46ADE9

#46ADE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADE9
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -10.72, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 40.14, 254.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0679 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.128 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1716, 37.0688, 82.5345)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADE9 #E98246

analogous

#46E9D4 #46ADE9 #465CE9

triadic

#46ADE9 #E946AD #ADE946

tetradic

#46ADE9 #D446E9 #E98246 #5CE946

square

#46ADE9 #D446E9 #E98246 #5CE946

split-complementary

#46ADE9 #E9465C #E9D446

monochromatic

#136DA1 #1A92D8 #46ADE9 #7DC5F0 #B3DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#46ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADE9

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADE9	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5f0',
    500: '#46ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ade9;
$custom-light: #8cc5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.086,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADE9

secondary

#E5BDA6

accent

#7A33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADE9

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

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