#46C4E6#46C4E6

#46C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4E6
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -23.77, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 35.93, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0913 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.118 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5427, 46.4909, 81.8953)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4E6 #E66846

analogous

#46E6B8 #46C4E6 #4674E6

triadic

#46C4E6 #E646C4 #C4E646

tetradic

#46C4E6 #B846E6 #E66846 #74E646

square

#46C4E6 #B846E6 #E66846 #74E646

split-complementary

#46C4E6 #E64674 #E6B846

monochromatic

#15809C #1CACD2 #46C4E6 #7CD5ED #B2E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#46C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#46C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4E6

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4E6	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6ee',
    500: '#46c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4e6;
$custom-light: #8dd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.75,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76511,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4E6

secondary

#E3B2A4

accent

#5D35F3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4E6

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

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