#46C5E2#46C5E2

#46C5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5E2
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 12.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -25.50, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 35.40, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0938 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.116 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2138, 46.7215, 79.0463)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5E2 #E26346

analogous

#46E2B1 #46C5E2 #4677E2

triadic

#46C5E2 #E246C5 #C5E246

tetradic

#46C5E2 #B146E2 #E26346 #77E246

square

#46C5E2 #B146E2 #E26346 #77E246

split-complementary

#46C5E2 #E24677 #E2B146

monochromatic

#187F96 #20ABCB #46C5E2 #7BD6EA #B0E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#46C5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#46C5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5E2

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5E2	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6eb',
    500: '#46c5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5e2;
$custom-light: #8dd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.154,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76582,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5E2

secondary

#E1AEA3

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5E2

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

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