#46B4E1#46B4E1

#46B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4E1
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -17.09, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.99, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0774 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.118 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4322, 39.3772, 77.1109)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4E1 #E17346

analogous

#46E1C0 #46B4E1 #4667E1

triadic

#46B4E1 #E146B4 #B4E146

tetradic

#46B4E1 #C046E1 #E17346 #67E146

square

#46B4E1 #C046E1 #E17346 #67E146

split-complementary

#46B4E1 #E14667 #E1C046

monochromatic

#187095 #2198C9 #46B4E1 #7BC9EA #AFDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#46B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4E1

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4E1	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcaea',
    500: '#46b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4e1;
$custom-light: #8bcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4E1

secondary

#E0B4A2

accent

#6E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4E1

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

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