#46C3E9#46C3E9

#46C3E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C3E9
RGB	rgb(70, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -22.33, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 36.48, 232.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0892 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.12 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7428, 46.2113, 84.0582)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C3E9 #E96C46

analogous

#46E9BE #46C3E9 #4672E9

triadic

#46C3E9 #E946C3 #C3E946

tetradic

#46C3E9 #BE46E9 #E96C46 #72E946

square

#46C3E9 #BE46E9 #E96C46 #72E946

split-complementary

#46C3E9 #E94672 #E9BE46

monochromatic

#1380A1 #1AACD8 #46C3E9 #7DD5F0 #B3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#46C3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C3E9

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C3E9	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5f0',
    500: '#46c3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c3e9;
$custom-light: #8dd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.988,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C3E9

secondary

#E5B4A6

accent

#6033F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C3E9

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

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