#46BDE8#46BDE8

#46BDE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDE8
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -19.56, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 36.69, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0837 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.121 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2830, 43.5195, 82.8689)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDE8 #E87146

analogous

#46E8C2 #46BDE8 #466CE8

triadic

#46BDE8 #E846BD #BDE846

tetradic

#46BDE8 #C246E8 #E87146 #6CE846

square

#46BDE8 #C246E8 #E87146 #6CE846

split-complementary

#46BDE8 #E8466C #E8C246

monochromatic

#147BA0 #1BA4D6 #46BDE8 #7CD0EF #B3E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#46BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#46BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDE8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDE8	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ef',
    500: '#46bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bde8;
$custom-light: #8dd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.926,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDE8

secondary

#E5B6A5

accent

#6733F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDE8

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

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