#46B9E9#46B9E9

#46B9E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9E9
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -17.15, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 37.47, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0795 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.123 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5768, 41.8793, 83.3362)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9E9 #E97646

analogous

#46E9C8 #46B9E9 #4668E9

triadic

#46B9E9 #E946B9 #B9E946

tetradic

#46B9E9 #C846E9 #E97646 #68E946

square

#46B9E9 #C846E9 #E97646 #68E946

split-complementary

#46B9E9 #E94668 #E9C846

monochromatic

#1378A1 #1AA0D8 #46B9E9 #7DCEF0 #B3E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#46B9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#46B9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9E9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9E9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcef0',
    500: '#46b9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9e9;
$custom-light: #8dcef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.669,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9E9

secondary

#E5B8A6

accent

#6C33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9E9

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

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