#46B8E2#46B8E2

#46B8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8E2
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -18.87, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 35.75, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.081 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.117 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3882, 41.0703, 78.1045)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8E2 #E27046

analogous

#46E2BE #46B8E2 #466AE2

triadic

#46B8E2 #E246B8 #B8E246

tetradic

#46B8E2 #BE46E2 #E27046 #6AE246

square

#46B8E2 #BE46E2 #E27046 #6AE246

split-complementary

#46B8E2 #E2466A #E2BE46

monochromatic

#187496 #209DCB #46B8E2 #7BCCEA #B0E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46B8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#46B8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8E2

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8E2	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdeb',
    500: '#46b8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8e2;
$custom-light: #8ccdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8E2

secondary

#E1B4A3

accent

#6A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8E2

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

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