#46C5E9#46C5E9

#46C5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5E9
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -23.34, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 36.42, 230.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0911 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.12 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1939, 47.1135, 84.2086)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5E9 #E96A46

analogous

#46E9BC #46C5E9 #4673E9

triadic

#46C5E9 #E946C5 #C5E946

tetradic

#46C5E9 #BC46E9 #E96A46 #73E946

square

#46C5E9 #BC46E9 #E96A46 #73E946

split-complementary

#46C5E9 #E94673 #E9BC46

monochromatic

#1382A1 #1AAED8 #46C5E9 #7DD6F0 #B3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#46C5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#46C5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5E9

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5E9	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6f0',
    500: '#46c5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5e9;
$custom-light: #8dd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.252,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76867,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5E9

secondary

#E5B4A6

accent

#5E33F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5E9

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

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