#46CBE9#46CBE9

#46CBE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46CBE9
RGBrgb(70, 203, 233)
HSLhsl(191, 79%, 59%)
HSVhsv(191, 70%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.00, -26.35, -25.29)
CIE-LCHlch(76.00, 36.52, 223.83°)
OKLaboklab(78.27% -0.0969 -0.0705)
OKLCHoklch(78.27% 0.12 216)
XYZxyz(38.5835, 49.8927, 84.6718)
Luminance0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46CBE9 #E96446
analogous
#46E9B6 #46CBE9 #467AE9
triadic
#46CBE9 #E946CB #CBE946
tetradic
#46CBE9 #B646E9 #E96446 #7AE946
square
#46CBE9 #B646E9 #E96446 #7AE946
split-complementary
#46CBE9 #E9467A #E9B646
monochromatic
#1387A1 #1AB5D8 #46CBE9 #7DDAF0 #B3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#46CBE9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98
#46CBE9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CBE9
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46CBE9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46CBE91.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7C5EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B4E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46cbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 203, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 216.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbf0',
    500: '#46cbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46cbe9;
$custom-light: #8edbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46cbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.043,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78266,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.49897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46CBE9
secondary
#E5B1A6
accent
#5633F5
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FBFD
border
#CCD4D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#46CBE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva