#46BCD9#46BCD9

#46BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD9
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -23.74, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 33.88, 225.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0883 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.111 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0282, 42.2746, 72.0513)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD9 #D96346

analogous

#46D9AD #46BCD9 #4673D9

triadic

#46BCD9 #D946BC #BCD946

tetradic

#46BCD9 #AD46D9 #D96346 #73D946

square

#46BCD9 #AD46D9 #D96346 #73D946

split-complementary

#46BCD9 #D94673 #D9AD46

monochromatic

#1C7389 #269EBB #46BCD9 #79CEE3 #ACE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#46BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#46BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD9

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD9	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e4',
    500: '#46bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd9;
$custom-light: #8bd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74105,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD9

secondary

#DCAB9F

accent

#603FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD9

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

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