#46AEE1#46AEE1

#46AEE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEE1
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -13.89, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 37.08, 248.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0715 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.12 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2471, 37.0070, 76.7158)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEE1 #E17946

analogous

#46E1C6 #46AEE1 #4660E1

triadic

#46AEE1 #E146AE #AEE146

tetradic

#46AEE1 #C646E1 #E17946 #60E146

square

#46AEE1 #C646E1 #E17946 #60E146

split-complementary

#46AEE1 #E14660 #E1C646

monochromatic

#186C95 #2192C9 #46AEE1 #7BC5EA #AFDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46AEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#46AEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEE1

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEE1	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ea',
    500: '#46aee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aee1;
$custom-light: #8bc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.742,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71184,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEE1

secondary

#E0B7A2

accent

#7539EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEE1

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

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