#46C5E1#46C5E1

#46C5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5E1
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -25.81, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 35.29, 223.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0942 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.116 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0770, 46.6667, 78.3258)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5E1 #E16246

analogous

#46E1B0 #46C5E1 #4677E1

triadic

#46C5E1 #E146C5 #C5E146

tetradic

#46C5E1 #B046E1 #E16246 #77E146

square

#46C5E1 #B046E1 #E16246 #77E146

split-complementary

#46C5E1 #E14677 #E1B046

monochromatic

#187E95 #21ABC9 #46C5E1 #7BD6EA #AFE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#46C5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#46C5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5E1

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5E1	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)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6ea',
    500: '#46c5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5e1;
$custom-light: #8cd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.839,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76542,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5E1

secondary

#E0AEA2

accent

#5A39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5E1

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

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