#46CAE5#46CAE5

#46CAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CAE5
RGB	rgb(70, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -27.07, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 36.04, 221.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0975 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.118 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7832, 49.1960, 81.6180)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CAE5 #E56146

analogous

#46E5B0 #46CAE5 #467AE5

triadic

#46CAE5 #E546CA #CAE546

tetradic

#46CAE5 #B046E5 #E56146 #7AE546

square

#46CAE5 #B046E5 #E56146 #7AE546

split-complementary

#46CAE5 #E5467A #E5B046

monochromatic

#16849B #1DB2D0 #46CAE5 #7CD9ED #B1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#46CAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#46CAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CAE5

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CAE5	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddaed',
    500: '#46cae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cae5;
$custom-light: #8ddaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77873,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CAE5

secondary

#E3AFA4

accent

#5636F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CAE5

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

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