#46a5e7

Color #46a5e7

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#46a5e7

RGB

rgb(70, 165, 231)

HSL

hsl(204.6, 77%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.6, 69.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(64.95, -6.97, -41.32)

LCH

lch(64.95, 41.9, 260.43)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1316, 242.48)

HWB

hwb(204.6, 27.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e78846

Analogous

#46e7d8

#46a5e7

#4654e7

Triadic

#46a5e7

#e746a5

#a5e746

Split-complementary

#46a5e7

#e74654

#e7d846

Tetradic

#46a5e7

#8846e7

#e78846

#a5e746

Square

#46a5e7

#d846e7

#e78846

#54e746

Shades

Color #46a5e7 mixed toward black.

#1d8fde

#1772b2

#115685

#0c3959

#061d2c

Tints

Color #46a5e7 mixed toward white.

#65b4eb

#84c3ef

#a2d2f3

#c1e1f7

#e0f0fb

Tones

Color #46a5e7 mixed toward gray.

#53a3da

#61a0cc

#6e9ebf

#7c9bb1

#8999a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7cd9 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#756ed6 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#4ececb · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #46a5e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#46a5e7]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#46a5e7 (#46a5e7) is rgb(70, 165, 231) in RGB.

No, #46a5e7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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