#46BED9#46BED9

#46BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BED9
RGB	rgb(70, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -24.75, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 33.98, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0903 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.111 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4584, 43.1350, 72.1947)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BED9 #D96146

analogous

#46D9AA #46BED9 #4675D9

triadic

#46BED9 #D946BE #BED946

tetradic

#46BED9 #AA46D9 #D96146 #75D946

square

#46BED9 #AA46D9 #D96146 #75D946

split-complementary

#46BED9 #D94675 #D9AA46

monochromatic

#1C7589 #26A0BB #46BED9 #79D0E3 #ACE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#46BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#46BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BED9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BED9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e4',
    500: '#46bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bed9;
$custom-light: #8bd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BED9

secondary

#DCAA9F

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BED9

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

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