#46c4ee

Color #46c4ee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#46c4ee

RGB

rgb(70, 196, 238)

HSL

hsl(195, 83.2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 70.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(74.16, -21.27, -30.81)

LCH

lch(74.16, 37.44, 235.38)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1234, 224.31)

HWB

hwb(195, 27.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee7046

Analogous

#46eec4

#46c4ee

#4670ee

Triadic

#46c4ee

#ee46c4

#c4ee46

Split-complementary

#46c4ee

#ee4670

#eec446

Tetradic

#46c4ee

#7046ee

#ee7046

#c4ee46

Square

#46c4ee

#c446ee

#ee7046

#70ee46

Shades

Color #46c4ee mixed toward black.

#17b5ea

#1191bc

#0d6d8d

#09495e

#04242f

Tints

Color #46c4ee mixed toward white.

#65cef1

#84d8f4

#a3e2f7

#c1ebf9

#e0f5fc

Tones

Color #46c4ee mixed toward gray.

#54bde0

#62b6d2

#70afc4

#7ea8b6

#8ca1a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90e5 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#887ee2 · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#53dddb · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #46c4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#46c4ee]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#46c4ee (#46c4ee) is rgb(70, 196, 238) in RGB.

No, #46c4ee 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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