#46C9E9#46C9E9

#46C9E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.120 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9E9
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -25.35, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 36.44, 225.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.095 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.12 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1143, 48.9542, 84.5154)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9E9 #E96646

analogous

#46E9B8 #46C9E9 #4678E9

triadic

#46C9E9 #E946C9 #C9E946

tetradic

#46C9E9 #B846E9 #E96646 #78E946

square

#46C9E9 #B846E9 #E96646 #78E946

split-complementary

#46C9E9 #E94678 #E9B846

monochromatic

#1385A1 #1AB3D8 #46C9E9 #7DD9F0 #B3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#46C9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#46C9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9E9

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9E9	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.120 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9f0',
    500: '#46c9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9e9;
$custom-light: #8ed9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.779,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77799,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9E9

secondary

#E5B2A6

accent

#5933F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9E9

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

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