#46BCE7#46BCE7

#46BCE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.120 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCE7
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -19.36, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 36.55, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0831 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.12 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9270, 43.0341, 82.0515)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCE7 #E77146

analogous

#46E7C2 #46BCE7 #466CE7

triadic

#46BCE7 #E746BC #BCE746

tetradic

#46BCE7 #C246E7 #E77146 #6CE746

square

#46BCE7 #C246E7 #E77146 #6CE746

split-complementary

#46BCE7 #E7466C #E7C246

monochromatic

#15799E #1CA3D4 #46BCE7 #7CD0EE #B2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#46BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#46BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCE7

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCE7	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.120 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ee',
    500: '#46bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bce7;
$custom-light: #8dd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.025,
    "s": 77.033,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCE7

secondary

#E4B6A5

accent

#6734F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCE7

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

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