#46BBE5#46BBE5

#46BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBE5
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -19.47, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 36.17, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0828 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.119 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4332, 42.4960, 80.5014)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBE5 #E57046

analogous

#46E5BF #46BBE5 #466BE5

triadic

#46BBE5 #E546BB #BBE546

tetradic

#46BBE5 #BF46E5 #E57046 #6BE546

square

#46BBE5 #BF46E5 #E57046 #6BE546

split-complementary

#46BBE5 #E5466B #E5BF46

monochromatic

#16789B #1DA1D0 #46BBE5 #7CCFED #B1E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#46BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#46BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBE5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBE5	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfed',
    500: '#46bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbe5;
$custom-light: #8ccfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBE5

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6836F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBE5

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

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