#46B2E0#46B2E0

#46B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2E0
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -16.35, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 36.02, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0758 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.118 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8954, 38.5212, 76.2609)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2E0 #E07446

analogous

#46E0C1 #46B2E0 #4665E0

triadic

#46B2E0 #E046B2 #B2E046

tetradic

#46B2E0 #C146E0 #E07446 #65E046

square

#46B2E0 #C146E0 #E07446 #65E046

split-complementary

#46B2E0 #E04665 #E0C146

monochromatic

#196E93 #2196C7 #46B2E0 #7AC8E9 #AFDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#46B2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2E0

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2E0	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e9',
    500: '#46b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2e0;
$custom-light: #8bc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2E0

secondary

#E0B4A2

accent

#703AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2E0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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