#46B4E0#46B4E0

#46B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4E0
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -17.41, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 35.72, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0778 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.117 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2962, 39.3228, 76.3945)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4E0 #E07246

analogous

#46E0BF #46B4E0 #4667E0

triadic

#46B4E0 #E046B4 #B4E046

tetradic

#46B4E0 #BF46E0 #E07246 #67E046

square

#46B4E0 #BF46E0 #E07246 #67E046

split-complementary

#46B4E0 #E04667 #E0BF46

monochromatic

#197093 #2198C7 #46B4E0 #7AC9E9 #AFDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#46B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4E0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4E0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae9',
    500: '#46b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4e0;
$custom-light: #8bcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4E0

secondary

#E0B4A2

accent

#6D3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4E0

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

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