#46BCDE#46BCDE

#46BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCDE
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -22.19, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 34.66, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0864 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.114 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6884, 42.5387, 75.5284)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCDE #DE6846

analogous

#46DEB4 #46BCDE #4670DE

triadic

#46BCDE #DE46BC #BCDE46

tetradic

#46BCDE #B446DE #DE6846 #70DE46

square

#46BCDE #B446DE #DE6846 #70DE46

split-complementary

#46BCDE #DE4670 #DEB446

monochromatic

#1A7590 #23A0C4 #46BCDE #7ACFE7 #AEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#46BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#46BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCDE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCDE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e8',
    500: '#46bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcde;
$custom-light: #8bd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCDE

secondary

#DFAFA1

accent

#633BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCDE

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

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