#46C5E8#46C5E8

#46C5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5E8
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -23.65, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 36.25, 229.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0915 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.119 220)
XYZ	xyz(37.0515, 47.0566, 83.4584)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5E8 #E86946

analogous

#46E8BA #46C5E8 #4674E8

triadic

#46C5E8 #E846C5 #C5E846

tetradic

#46C5E8 #BA46E8 #E86946 #74E846

square

#46C5E8 #BA46E8 #E86946 #74E846

split-complementary

#46C5E8 #E84674 #E8BA46

monochromatic

#1482A0 #1BAED6 #46C5E8 #7CD6EF #B3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#46C5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#46C5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5E8

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5E8	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6ef',
    500: '#46c5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5e8;
$custom-light: #8dd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.963,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76826,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.47061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5E8

secondary

#E5B3A5

accent

#5D33F4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5E8

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

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