#46B0E8#46B0E8

#46B0E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0E8
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -12.68, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 38.98, 251.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0711 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.126 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6109, 38.1753, 81.9782)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0E8 #E87E46

analogous

#46E8CF #46B0E8 #465FE8

triadic

#46B0E8 #E846B0 #B0E846

tetradic

#46B0E8 #CF46E8 #E87E46 #5FE846

square

#46B0E8 #CF46E8 #E87E46 #5FE846

split-complementary

#46B0E8 #E8465F #E8CF46

monochromatic

#146FA0 #1B95D6 #46B0E8 #7CC7EF #B3DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#46B0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0E8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0E8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7ef',
    500: '#46b0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0e8;
$custom-light: #8cc7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0E8

secondary

#E5BBA5

accent

#7633F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0E8

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

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