#46B6E0#46B6E0

#46B6E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6E0
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.46, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 35.47, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0797 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.116 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7029, 40.1362, 76.5301)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6E0 #E07046

analogous

#46E0BD #46B6E0 #4669E0

triadic

#46B6E0 #E046B6 #B6E046

tetradic

#46B6E0 #BD46E0 #E07046 #69E046

square

#46B6E0 #BD46E0 #E07046 #69E046

split-complementary

#46B6E0 #E04669 #E0BD46

monochromatic

#197293 #219AC7 #46B6E0 #7ACBE9 #AFDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46B6E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#46B6E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6E0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6E0	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce9',
    500: '#46b6e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6e0;
$custom-light: #8bcce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6E0

secondary

#E0B3A2

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6E0

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

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