#46B2EF#46B2EF

#46B2EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2EF
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -11.46, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 40.96, 253.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0707 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.131 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0201, 39.3710, 87.4510)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2EF #EF8346

analogous

#46EFD8 #46B2EF #465DEF

triadic

#46B2EF #EF46B2 #B2EF46

tetradic

#46B2EF #D846EF #EF8346 #5DEF46

square

#46B2EF #D846EF #EF8346 #5DEF46

split-complementary

#46B2EF #EF465D #EFD846

monochromatic

#0F73AC #1499E4 #46B2EF #7EC9F4 #B7E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#46B2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2EF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2EF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8f4',
    500: '#46b2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2ef;
$custom-light: #8dc8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.657,
    "s": 84.08,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2EF

secondary

#E9BFA8

accent

#5405E1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2EF

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