#46C6E8#46C6E8

#46C6E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46C6E8
RGBrgb(70, 198, 232)
HSLhsl(193, 78%, 59%)
HSVhsv(193, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.52, -24.16, -27.03)
CIE-LCHlch(74.52, 36.25, 228.21°)
OKLaboklab(77.06% -0.0924 -0.0754)
OKLCHoklch(77.06% 0.119 219.2)
XYZxyz(37.2793, 47.5122, 83.5343)
Luminance0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46C6E8 #E86846
analogous
#46E8B9 #46C6E8 #4675E8
triadic
#46C6E8 #E846C6 #C6E846
tetradic
#46C6E8 #B946E8 #E86846 #75E846
square
#46C6E8 #B946E8 #E86846 #75E846
split-complementary
#46C6E8 #E84675 #E8B946
monochromatic
#1482A0 #1BAFD6 #46C6E8 #7CD7EF #B3E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#46C6E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50
#46C6E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C6E8
10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46C6E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46C6E81.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1C1EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AB0E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46c6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 198, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 219.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7ef',
    500: '#46c6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46c6e8;
$custom-light: #8dd7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46c6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.593,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46C6E8
secondary
#E5B3A5
accent
#5C33F4
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#46C6E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva