#46B5E0#46B5E0

#46B5E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5E0
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -17.93, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 35.59, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0787 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.117 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4988, 39.7280, 76.4621)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5E0 #E07146

analogous

#46E0BE #46B5E0 #4668E0

triadic

#46B5E0 #E046B5 #B5E046

tetradic

#46B5E0 #BE46E0 #E07146 #68E046

square

#46B5E0 #BE46E0 #E07146 #68E046

split-complementary

#46B5E0 #E04668 #E0BE46

monochromatic

#197193 #2199C7 #46B5E0 #7ACAE9 #AFDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#46B5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5E0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5E0	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe9',
    500: '#46b5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5e0;
$custom-light: #8bcbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5E0

secondary

#E0B3A2

accent

#6C3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5E0

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

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