#46BDE6#46BDE6

#46BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDE6
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -20.19, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 36.22, 236.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0844 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.119 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0005, 43.4065, 81.3812)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDE6 #E66F46

analogous

#46E6BF #46BDE6 #466DE6

triadic

#46BDE6 #E646BD #BDE646

tetradic

#46BDE6 #BF46E6 #E66F46 #6DE646

square

#46BDE6 #BF46E6 #E66F46 #6DE646

split-complementary

#46BDE6 #E6466D #E6BF46

monochromatic

#157A9C #1CA4D2 #46BDE6 #7CD0ED #B2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#46BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#46BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDE6

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDE6	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ee',
    500: '#46bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bde6;
$custom-light: #8cd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.375,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDE6

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6635F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDE6

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

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