#46BCD5#46BCD5

#46BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD5
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -24.96, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 33.41, 221.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0899 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.109 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5142, 42.0690, 69.3444)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD5 #D55F46

analogous

#46D5A7 #46BCD5 #4674D5

triadic

#46BCD5 #D546BC #BCD546

tetradic

#46BCD5 #A746D5 #D55F46 #74D546

square

#46BCD5 #A746D5 #D55F46 #74D546

split-complementary

#46BCD5 #D54674 #D5A746

monochromatic

#1E7183 #299CB5 #46BCD5 #78CEE0 #AAE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#46BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#46BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD5

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD5	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e2',
    500: '#46bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd5;
$custom-light: #8ad0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD5

secondary

#D9A89E

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD5

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

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