#46AEE8#46AEE8

#46AEE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEE8
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -11.59, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 39.50, 252.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0692 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.127 237)
XYZ	xyz(32.2216, 37.3968, 81.8484)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEE8 #E88046

analogous

#46E8D1 #46AEE8 #465DE8

triadic

#46AEE8 #E846AE #AEE846

tetradic

#46AEE8 #D146E8 #E88046 #5DE846

square

#46AEE8 #D146E8 #E88046 #5DE846

split-complementary

#46AEE8 #E8465D #E8D146

monochromatic

#146EA0 #1B93D6 #46AEE8 #7CC6EF #B3DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#46AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEE8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEE8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ef',
    500: '#46aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aee8;
$custom-light: #8cc6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.481,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEE8

secondary

#E5BCA5

accent

#7833F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEE8

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

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