#46BCE2#46BCE2

#46BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCE2
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -20.94, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 35.43, 233.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0849 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.117 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2309, 42.7557, 78.3854)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCE2 #E26C46

analogous

#46E2BA #46BCE2 #466EE2

triadic

#46BCE2 #E246BC #BCE246

tetradic

#46BCE2 #BA46E2 #E26C46 #6EE246

square

#46BCE2 #BA46E2 #E26C46 #6EE246

split-complementary

#46BCE2 #E2466E #E2BA46

monochromatic

#187796 #20A1CB #46BCE2 #7BCFEA #B0E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#46BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#46BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCE2

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCE2	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0eb',
    500: '#46bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bce2;
$custom-light: #8cd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCE2

secondary

#E1B2A3

accent

#6538F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCE2

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

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