#46BEE9#46BEE9

#46BEE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BEE9
RGB	rgb(70, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -19.76, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 36.83, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0843 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.121 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6412, 44.0081, 83.6910)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BEE9 #E97146

analogous

#46E9C2 #46BEE9 #466DE9

triadic

#46BEE9 #E946BE #BEE946

tetradic

#46BEE9 #C246E9 #E97146 #6DE946

square

#46BEE9 #C246E9 #E97146 #6DE946

split-complementary

#46BEE9 #E9466D #E9C246

monochromatic

#137CA1 #1AA6D8 #46BEE9 #7DD1F0 #B3E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#46BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#46BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BEE9

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BEE9	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1f0',
    500: '#46bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bee9;
$custom-light: #8dd1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75242,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BEE9

secondary

#E5B6A6

accent

#6633F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BEE9

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

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