#46B9E5#46B9E5

#46B9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9E5
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -18.43, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 36.39, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0809 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.119 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0119, 41.6533, 80.3609)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9E5 #E57246

analogous

#46E5C1 #46B9E5 #4669E5

triadic

#46B9E5 #E546B9 #B9E546

tetradic

#46B9E5 #C146E5 #E57246 #69E546

square

#46B9E5 #C146E5 #E57246 #69E546

split-complementary

#46B9E5 #E54669 #E5C146

monochromatic

#16769B #1D9FD0 #46B9E5 #7CCDED #B1E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#46B9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#46B9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9E5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9E5	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceed',
    500: '#46b9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9e5;
$custom-light: #8cceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9E5

secondary

#E3B5A4

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9E5

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

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