#46AFE9#46AFE9

#46AFE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFE9
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -11.81, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 39.59, 252.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0698 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.127 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5580, 37.8416, 82.6633)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFE9 #E98046

analogous

#46E9D2 #46AFE9 #465EE9

triadic

#46AFE9 #E946AF #AFE946

tetradic

#46AFE9 #D246E9 #E98046 #5EE946

square

#46AFE9 #D246E9 #E98046 #5EE946

split-complementary

#46AFE9 #E9465E #E9D246

monochromatic

#136FA1 #1A94D8 #46AFE9 #7DC7F0 #B3DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#46AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFE9

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFE9	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6f0',
    500: '#46afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afe9;
$custom-light: #8cc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.35,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFE9

secondary

#E5BCA6

accent

#7833F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFE9

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

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