#46C6E9#46C6E9

#46C6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C6E9
RGB	rgb(70, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -23.85, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 36.41, 229.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0921 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.12 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4218, 47.5692, 84.2845)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C6E9 #E96946

analogous

#46E9BA #46C6E9 #4675E9

triadic

#46C6E9 #E946C6 #C6E946

tetradic

#46C6E9 #BA46E9 #E96946 #75E946

square

#46C6E9 #BA46E9 #E96946 #75E946

split-complementary

#46C6E9 #E94675 #E9BA46

monochromatic

#1383A1 #1AAFD8 #46C6E9 #7DD7F0 #B3E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#46C6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#46C6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C6E9

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C6E9	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7f0',
    500: '#46c6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c6e9;
$custom-light: #8dd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.883,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.771,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C6E9

secondary

#E5B3A6

accent

#5C33F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C6E9

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

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