#46CAE9#46CAE9

#46CAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CAE9
RGB	rgb(70, 202, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -25.85, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 36.48, 224.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.096 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.12 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3481, 49.4219, 84.5933)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CAE9 #E96546

analogous

#46E9B7 #46CAE9 #4679E9

triadic

#46CAE9 #E946CA #CAE946

tetradic

#46CAE9 #B746E9 #E96546 #79E946

square

#46CAE9 #B746E9 #E96546 #79E946

split-complementary

#46CAE9 #E94679 #E9B746

monochromatic

#1386A1 #1AB4D8 #46CAE9 #7DDAF0 #B3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#46CAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#46CAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CAE9

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CAE9	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 202, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edaf0',
    500: '#46cae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cae9;
$custom-light: #8edaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.411,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78032,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CAE9

secondary

#E5B2A6

accent

#5833F5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CAE9

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

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