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#46BBDA

#46bbda ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46bbda is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 73.33% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.89% cyan, 14.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 192.57°, with 66.67% saturation and 56.47% 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 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.51.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.419

Complementary

  1. #46bbda
  2. #da6546

Split complementary

  1. #46bbda
  2. #da4671
  3. #daaf46

Analogous

  1. #46daaf
  2. #46bbda
  3. #4671da

Triadic

  1. #46bbda
  2. #da46bb
  3. #bbda46

Tetradic

  1. #46bbda
  2. #6546da
  3. #da6546
  4. #bbda46

Square

  1. #46bbda
  2. #af46da
  3. #da6546
  4. #71da46

Monochromatic

  1. #165e70
  2. #2393b0
  3. #46bbda
  4. #86d2e7
  5. #c5eaf4

Shades

#46bbda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bbda
  2. #3fa8c4
  3. #3896ae
  4. #318399
  5. #2a7083
  6. #235e6d
  7. #1c4b57
  8. #153841
  9. #0e252c
  10. #071316
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bbda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bbda
  2. #59c2de
  3. #6bc9e1
  4. #7ecfe5
  5. #90d6e9
  6. #a3dded
  7. #b5e4f0
  8. #c8ebf4
  9. #daf1f8
  10. #edf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bbda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bbda
  2. #4cb5d1
  3. #52afc8
  4. #57a9bf
  5. #5da3b6
  6. #639ead
  7. #6998a4
  8. #6f929b
  9. #748c92
  10. #7a8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb3c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a7da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8bb8db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7bafda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bbda {
  color: #46bbda;
}
Background
.bg-46bbda {
  background-color: #46bbda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bbda {
  border: 2px solid #46bbda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bbda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 67% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bbda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bbda, #4671da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bbda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 218 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.51 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.57 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.31 #b94425 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#46bbda  rgb(70, 187, 218)  hsl(193, 67%, 56%)  Sky Blue
#da6546  rgb(218, 101, 70)  hsl(13, 67%, 56%)  Terra Cotta
#da46bb  rgb(218, 70, 187)  hsl(313, 67%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#bbda46  rgb(187, 218, 70)  hsl(73, 67%, 56%)  June Bud