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#46B2FA

#46b2fa ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46b2fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 69.8% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72% cyan, 28.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 94.74% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.4005

Complementary

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #fa8e46

Split complementary

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #fa4658
  3. #fae846

Analogous

  1. #46fae8
  2. #46b2fa
  3. #4658fa

Triadic

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #fa46b2
  3. #b2fa46

Tetradic

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #8e46fa
  3. #fa8e46
  4. #b2fa46

Square

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #e846fa
  3. #fa8e46
  4. #58fa46

Monochromatic

  1. #0463a3
  2. #0691ed
  3. #46b2fa
  4. #91d1fc
  5. #dbf0fe

Shades

#46b2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #3fa0e1
  3. #388ec8
  4. #317daf
  5. #2a6b96
  6. #23597d
  7. #1c4764
  8. #15354b
  9. #0e2432
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#46b2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #59bafb
  3. #6bc1fb
  4. #7ec9fc
  5. #90d1fc
  6. #a3d9fd
  7. #b5e0fd
  8. #c8e8fe
  9. #daf0fe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46b2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46b2fa
  2. #4cadee
  3. #52a8e2
  4. #57a3d5
  5. #5d9ec9
  6. #6399bd
  7. #6994b1
  8. #6f8fa5
  9. #748a98
  10. #7a858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dadcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91b3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #78a2f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ab3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bddf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46b2fa {
  color: #46b2fa;
}
Background
.bg-46b2fa {
  background-color: #46b2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46b2fa {
  border: 2px solid #46b2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46b2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 178 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46b2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46b2fa, #4658fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46b2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 178 250 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.01 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.53 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.05 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.97 #b94d05 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#46b2fa  rgb(70, 178, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 63%)  Maya Blue
#fa8e46  rgb(250, 142, 70)  hsl(24, 95%, 63%)  Mango Tango
#fa46b2  rgb(250, 70, 178)  hsl(324, 95%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#b2fa46  rgb(178, 250, 70)  hsl(84, 95%, 63%)  Green Yellow