#46C4E9#46C4E9

#46C4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4E9
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -22.84, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 36.44, 231.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0901 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.12 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9676, 46.6609, 84.1332)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4E9 #E96B46

analogous

#46E9BD #46C4E9 #4672E9

triadic

#46C4E9 #E946C4 #C4E946

tetradic

#46C4E9 #BD46E9 #E96B46 #72E946

square

#46C4E9 #BD46E9 #E96B46 #72E946

split-complementary

#46C4E9 #E94672 #E9BD46

monochromatic

#1381A1 #1AADD8 #46C4E9 #7DD5F0 #B3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#46C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#46C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4E9

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4E9	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6f0',
    500: '#46c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4e9;
$custom-light: #8dd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.62,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4E9

secondary

#E5B4A6

accent

#5F33F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4E9

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

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