#46BAE5#46BAE5

#46BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAE5
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -18.95, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 36.28, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0819 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.119 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2218, 42.0732, 80.4309)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAE5 #E57146

analogous

#46E5C0 #46BAE5 #466AE5

triadic

#46BAE5 #E546BA #BAE546

tetradic

#46BAE5 #C046E5 #E57146 #6AE546

square

#46BAE5 #C046E5 #E57146 #6AE546

split-complementary

#46BAE5 #E5466A #E5C046

monochromatic

#16779B #1DA0D0 #46BAE5 #7CCEED #B1E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#46BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#46BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAE5

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAE5	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceed',
    500: '#46bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bae5;
$custom-light: #8cceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAE5

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6936F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAE5

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

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