#46AEE9#46AEE9

#46AEE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEE9
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -11.26, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 39.86, 253.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0688 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.128 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3641, 37.4538, 82.5986)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEE9 #E98146

analogous

#46E9D3 #46AEE9 #465DE9

triadic

#46AEE9 #E946AE #AEE946

tetradic

#46AEE9 #D346E9 #E98146 #5DE946

square

#46AEE9 #D346E9 #E98146 #5DE946

split-complementary

#46AEE9 #E9465D #E9D346

monochromatic

#136EA1 #1A93D8 #46AEE9 #7DC6F0 #B3DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#46AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#46AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEE9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEE9	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6f0',
    500: '#46aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aee9;
$custom-light: #8cc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.718,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEE9

secondary

#E5BDA6

accent

#7933F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEE9

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

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