#46B4E9#46B4E9

#46B4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4E9
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -14.50, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 38.39, 247.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0746 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.125 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5492, 39.8240, 82.9937)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4E9 #E97B46

analogous

#46E9CC #46B4E9 #4663E9

triadic

#46B4E9 #E946B4 #B4E946

tetradic

#46B4E9 #CC46E9 #E97B46 #63E946

square

#46B4E9 #CC46E9 #E97B46 #63E946

split-complementary

#46B4E9 #E94663 #E9CC46

monochromatic

#1373A1 #1A9AD8 #46B4E9 #7DCAF0 #B3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#46B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4E9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4E9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaf0',
    500: '#46b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4e9;
$custom-light: #8ccaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.509,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72934,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4E9

secondary

#E5BAA6

accent

#7233F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4E9

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

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