#46BAE2#46BAE2

#46BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAE2
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -19.91, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 35.57, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0829 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.117 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8066, 41.9071, 78.2439)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAE2 #E26E46

analogous

#46E2BC #46BAE2 #466CE2

triadic

#46BAE2 #E246BA #BAE246

tetradic

#46BAE2 #BC46E2 #E26E46 #6CE246

square

#46BAE2 #BC46E2 #E26E46 #6CE246

split-complementary

#46BAE2 #E2466C #E2BC46

monochromatic

#187696 #209FCB #46BAE2 #7BCEEA #B0E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#46BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#46BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAE2

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAE2	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceeb',
    500: '#46bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bae2;
$custom-light: #8cceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAE2

secondary

#E1B3A3

accent

#6738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAE2

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

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