#46BCD8#46BCD8

#46BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD8
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -24.04, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 33.75, 224.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0887 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.111 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8985, 42.2227, 71.3684)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD8 #D86246

analogous

#46D8AB #46BCD8 #4673D8

triadic

#46BCD8 #D846BC #BCD846

tetradic

#46BCD8 #AB46D8 #D86246 #73D846

square

#46BCD8 #AB46D8 #D86246 #73D846

split-complementary

#46BCD8 #D84673 #D8AB46

monochromatic

#1C7387 #279EBA #46BCD8 #79CEE3 #ABE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#46BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#46BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e4',
    500: '#46bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd8;
$custom-light: #8bd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74064,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD8

secondary

#DBAA9F

accent

#6040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD8

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

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