#46BDE5#46BDE5

#46BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDE5
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -20.51, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 36.00, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0848 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.118 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8605, 43.3505, 80.6438)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDE5 #E56E46

analogous

#46E5BD #46BDE5 #466DE5

triadic

#46BDE5 #E546BD #BDE546

tetradic

#46BDE5 #BD46E5 #E56E46 #6DE546

square

#46BDE5 #BD46E5 #E56E46 #6DE546

split-complementary

#46BDE5 #E5466D #E5BD46

monochromatic

#16799B #1DA3D0 #46BDE5 #7CD0ED #B1E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#46BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#46BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDE5

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDE5	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ed',
    500: '#46bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bde5;
$custom-light: #8cd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDE5

secondary

#E3B4A4

accent

#6536F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDE5

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

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