#46B5CE#46B5CE

#46B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5CE
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -23.56, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 32.17, 222.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0855 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.105 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1856, 38.8028, 64.2794)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5CE #CE5F46

analogous

#46CEA3 #46B5CE #4671CE

triadic

#46B5CE #CE46B5 #B5CE46

tetradic

#46B5CE #A346CE #CE5F46 #71CE46

square

#46B5CE #A346CE #CE5F46 #71CE46

split-complementary

#46B5CE #CE4671 #CEA346

monochromatic

#206979 #2D93AA #46B5CE #76C8DB #A7DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#46B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5CE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5CE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdd',
    500: '#46b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5ce;
$custom-light: #89cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5CE

secondary

#D5A69B

accent

#6346E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5CE

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

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