#46BCE6#46BCE6

#46BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCE6
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -19.68, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 36.31, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0834 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.119 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7861, 42.9778, 81.3098)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCE6 #E67046

analogous

#46E6C0 #46BCE6 #466CE6

triadic

#46BCE6 #E646BC #BCE646

tetradic

#46BCE6 #C046E6 #E67046 #6CE646

square

#46BCE6 #C046E6 #E67046 #6CE646

split-complementary

#46BCE6 #E6466C #E6C046

monochromatic

#15799C #1CA3D2 #46BCE6 #7CD0ED #B2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#46BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#46BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCE6

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCE6	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ee',
    500: '#46bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bce6;
$custom-light: #8cd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCE6

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6735F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCE6

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

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