#46BDE7#46BDE7

#46BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDE7
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -19.88, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 36.45, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0841 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.12 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1413, 43.4628, 82.1229)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDE7 #E77046

analogous

#46E7C0 #46BDE7 #466DE7

triadic

#46BDE7 #E746BD #BDE746

tetradic

#46BDE7 #C046E7 #E77046 #6DE746

square

#46BDE7 #C046E7 #E77046 #6DE746

split-complementary

#46BDE7 #E7466D #E7C046

monochromatic

#157A9E #1CA4D4 #46BDE7 #7CD0EE #B2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#46BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#46BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDE7

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDE7	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ee',
    500: '#46bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bde7;
$custom-light: #8dd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 77.033,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDE7

secondary

#E4B5A5

accent

#6634F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDE7

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

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