#46B3EF#46B3EF

#46B3EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3EF
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -12.00, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 40.69, 252.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0717 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.131 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2197, 39.7704, 87.5176)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3EF #EF8246

analogous

#46EFD7 #46B3EF #465EEF

triadic

#46B3EF #EF46B3 #B3EF46

tetradic

#46B3EF #D746EF #EF8246 #5EEF46

square

#46B3EF #D746EF #EF8246 #5EEF46

split-complementary

#46B3EF #EF465E #EFD746

monochromatic

#0F74AC #149AE4 #46B3EF #7ECAF4 #B7E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#46B3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3EF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3EF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9f4',
    500: '#46b3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3ef;
$custom-light: #8dc9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.302,
    "s": 84.08,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72986,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3EF

secondary

#E9BFA8

accent

#5305E1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3EF

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

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