#46BDE2#46BDE2

#46BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDE2
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -21.45, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 35.38, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0859 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.116 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4452, 43.1844, 78.4568)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDE2 #E26B46

analogous

#46E2B9 #46BDE2 #466FE2

triadic

#46BDE2 #E246BD #BDE246

tetradic

#46BDE2 #B946E2 #E26B46 #6FE246

square

#46BDE2 #B946E2 #E26B46 #6FE246

split-complementary

#46BDE2 #E2466F #E2B946

monochromatic

#187896 #20A2CB #46BDE2 #7BD0EA #B0E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#46BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#46BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDE2

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDE2	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1eb',
    500: '#46bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bde2;
$custom-light: #8cd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.231,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDE2

secondary

#E1B2A3

accent

#6438F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDE2

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

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