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#46C8EA

#46c8ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46c8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.09% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 192.44°, with 79.61% saturation and 59.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4855

Complementary

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #ea6846

Split complementary

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #ea4676
  3. #eaba46

Analogous

  1. #46eaba
  2. #46c8ea
  3. #4676ea

Triadic

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #ea46c8
  3. #c8ea46

Tetradic

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #6846ea
  3. #ea6846
  4. #c8ea46

Square

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #ba46ea
  3. #ea6846
  4. #76ea46

Monochromatic

  1. #0f6f88
  2. #17a7cc
  3. #46c8ea
  4. #8bdcf2
  5. #cff1fa

Shades

#46c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #3fb4d3
  3. #38a0bb
  4. #318ca4
  5. #2a788c
  6. #236475
  7. #1c505e
  8. #153c46
  9. #0e282f
  10. #071417
  11. #000000

Tints

#46c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #59ceec
  3. #6bd3ee
  4. #7ed9f0
  5. #90def2
  6. #a3e4f5
  7. #b5e9f7
  8. #c8eff9
  9. #daf4fb
  10. #edfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46c8ea
  2. #4cc1df
  3. #52bad5
  4. #57b2ca
  5. #5dabc0
  6. #63a4b5
  7. #699daa
  8. #6f96a0
  9. #748e95
  10. #7a878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98bfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb2ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d3d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93c5eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82bbea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46c8ea {
  color: #46c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-46c8ea {
  background-color: #46c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #46c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46c8ea, #4676ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.61 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.77 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.95 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.09 #b93715 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#46c8ea  rgb(70, 200, 234)  hsl(192, 80%, 60%)  Sky Blue
#ea6846  rgb(234, 104, 70)  hsl(12, 80%, 60%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea46c8  rgb(234, 70, 200)  hsl(312, 80%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ea46  rgb(200, 234, 70)  hsl(72, 80%, 60%)  Pear