#46C1E9#46C1E9

#46C1E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C1E9
RGB	rgb(70, 193, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 17.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -21.31, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 36.58, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0872 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.121 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2977, 45.3211, 83.9098)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C1E9 #E96E46

analogous

#46E9C0 #46C1E9 #4670E9

triadic

#46C1E9 #E946C1 #C1E946

tetradic

#46C1E9 #C046E9 #E96E46 #70E946

square

#46C1E9 #C046E9 #E96E46 #70E946

split-complementary

#46C1E9 #E94670 #E9C046

monochromatic

#137FA1 #1AA9D8 #46C1E9 #7DD3F0 #B3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#46C1E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#46C1E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C1E9

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C1E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C1E9	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 193, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3f0',
    500: '#46c1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c1e9;
$custom-light: #8dd3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.724,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C1E9

secondary

#E5B5A6

accent

#6233F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C1E9

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

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