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#46D5FA

#46d5fa ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46d5fa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 83.53% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72% cyan, 14.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 192.33°, with 94.74% saturation and 62.75% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5579

Complementary

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #fa6b46

Split complementary

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #fa467b
  3. #fac546

Analogous

  1. #46fac5
  2. #46d5fa
  3. #467bfa

Triadic

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #fa46d5
  3. #d5fa46

Tetradic

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #6b46fa
  3. #fa6b46
  4. #d5fa46

Square

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #c546fa
  3. #fa6b46
  4. #7bfa46

Monochromatic

  1. #0482a3
  2. #06beed
  3. #46d5fa
  4. #91e6fc
  5. #dbf7fe

Shades

#46d5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #3fc0e1
  3. #38aac8
  4. #3195af
  5. #2a8096
  6. #236b7d
  7. #1c5564
  8. #15404b
  9. #0e2b32
  10. #071519
  11. #000000

Tints

#46d5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #59d9fb
  3. #6bddfb
  4. #7ee2fc
  5. #90e6fc
  6. #a3eafd
  7. #b5eefd
  8. #c8f2fe
  9. #daf7fe
  10. #edfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46d5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46d5fa
  2. #4ccdee
  3. #52c4e2
  4. #57bcd5
  5. #5db3c9
  6. #63abbd
  7. #69a2b1
  8. #6f9aa5
  9. #749198
  10. #7a898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2ccdc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becffc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5bdfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cd2fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89c7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ddeb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46d5fa {
  color: #46d5fa;
}
Background
.bg-46d5fa {
  background-color: #46d5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46d5fa {
  border: 2px solid #46d5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46d5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 213 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46d5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46d5fa, #467bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46d5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 213 250 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.95 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.20 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.86 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.61 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.97 #b92a05 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#46d5fa  rgb(70, 213, 250)  hsl(192, 95%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#fa6b46  rgb(250, 107, 70)  hsl(12, 95%, 63%)  Tomato
#fa46d5  rgb(250, 70, 213)  hsl(312, 95%, 63%)  Shocking Pink
#d5fa46  rgb(213, 250, 70)  hsl(72, 95%, 63%)  Electric Lime