#46C8E9#46C8E9

#46C8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46C8E9
RGBrgb(70, 200, 233)
HSLhsl(192, 79%, 59%)
HSVhsv(192, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.13, -24.85, -26.62)
CIE-LCHlch(75.13, 36.42, 226.97°)
OKLaboklab(77.57% -0.094 -0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(77.57% 0.12 218.3)
XYZxyz(37.8819, 48.4895, 84.4379)
Luminance0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46C8E9 #E96746
analogous
#46E9B8 #46C8E9 #4677E9
triadic
#46C8E9 #E946C8 #C8E946
tetradic
#46C8E9 #B846E9 #E96746 #77E946
square
#46C8E9 #B846E9 #E96746 #77E946
split-complementary
#46C8E9 #E94677 #E9B846
monochromatic
#1385A1 #1AB2D8 #46C8E9 #7DD8F0 #B3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#46C8E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70
#46C8E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C8E9
10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46C8E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46C8E91.001.9610.7010.70
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7021.001.001.00
##00000010.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3C2EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CB2E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46c8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 200, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 218.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9f0',
    500: '#46c8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46c8e9;
$custom-light: #8ed9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46c8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.147,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77566,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46C8E9
secondary
#E5B3A6
accent
#5A33F5
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#46C8E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva