#46B5E9#46B5E9

#46B5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5E9
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -15.04, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 38.19, 246.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0756 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.124 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7518, 40.2292, 83.0612)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5E9 #E97A46

analogous

#46E9CC #46B5E9 #4664E9

triadic

#46B5E9 #E946B5 #B5E946

tetradic

#46B5E9 #CC46E9 #E97A46 #64E946

square

#46B5E9 #CC46E9 #E97A46 #64E946

split-complementary

#46B5E9 #E94664 #E9CC46

monochromatic

#1374A1 #1A9BD8 #46B5E9 #7DCBF0 #B3E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46B5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#46B5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5E9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5E9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbf0',
    500: '#46b5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5e9;
$custom-light: #8ccbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5E9

secondary

#E5BAA6

accent

#7133F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5E9

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

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