#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
RGB	rgb(70, 203, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -26.35, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 36.52, 223.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0969 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.12 216)
XYZ	xyz(38.5835, 49.8927, 84.6718)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##46CBE9	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46CBE9

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

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