#46C2E9#46C2E9

#46C2E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C2E9
RGB	rgb(70, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -21.82, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 36.52, 233.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0882 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.12 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5195, 45.7647, 83.9838)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C2E9 #E96D46

analogous

#46E9BF #46C2E9 #4671E9

triadic

#46C2E9 #E946C2 #C2E946

tetradic

#46C2E9 #BF46E9 #E96D46 #71E946

square

#46C2E9 #BF46E9 #E96D46 #71E946

split-complementary

#46C2E9 #E94671 #E9BF46

monochromatic

#137FA1 #1AABD8 #46C2E9 #7DD4F0 #B3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#46C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#46C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C2E9

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C2E9	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd4f0',
    500: '#46c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c2e9;
$custom-light: #8dd4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.356,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7617,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C2E9

secondary

#E5B5A6

accent

#6133F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C2E9

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

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