#46B1E8#46B1E8

#46B1E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1E8
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -13.22, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 38.74, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0721 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.125 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8077, 38.5689, 82.0438)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1E8 #E87D46

analogous

#46E8CE #46B1E8 #4660E8

triadic

#46B1E8 #E846B1 #B1E846

tetradic

#46B1E8 #CE46E8 #E87D46 #60E846

square

#46B1E8 #CE46E8 #E87D46 #60E846

split-complementary

#46B1E8 #E84660 #E8CE46

monochromatic

#1470A0 #1B97D6 #46B1E8 #7CC8EF #B3DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#46B1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1E8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1E8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8ef',
    500: '#46b1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1e8;
$custom-light: #8cc8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.37,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1E8

secondary

#E5BBA5

accent

#7533F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1E8

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

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