#46BCE5#46BCE5

#46BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCE5
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -19.99, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 36.08, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0838 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.119 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6461, 42.9218, 80.5723)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCE5 #E56F46

analogous

#46E5BE #46BCE5 #466CE5

triadic

#46BCE5 #E546BC #BCE546

tetradic

#46BCE5 #BE46E5 #E56F46 #6CE546

square

#46BCE5 #BE46E5 #E56F46 #6CE546

split-complementary

#46BCE5 #E5466C #E5BE46

monochromatic

#16799B #1DA2D0 #46BCE5 #7CCFED #B1E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#46BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#46BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCE5

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ed',
    500: '#46bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bce5;
$custom-light: #8cd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCE5

secondary

#E3B4A4

accent

#6636F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCE5

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

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