#46CCE9#46CCE9

#46CCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CCE9
RGB	rgb(70, 204, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -26.84, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 36.58, 222.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0979 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.12 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8204, 50.3665, 84.7508)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CCE9 #E96346

analogous

#46E9B5 #46CCE9 #467BE9

triadic

#46CCE9 #E946CC #CCE946

tetradic

#46CCE9 #B546E9 #E96346 #7BE946

square

#46CCE9 #B546E9 #E96346 #7BE946

split-complementary

#46CCE9 #E9467B #E9B546

monochromatic

#1388A1 #1AB6D8 #46CCE9 #7DDBF0 #B3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#46CCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#46CCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CCE9

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CCE9	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 204, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbf0',
    500: '#46cce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cce9;
$custom-light: #8edbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.675,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78499,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CCE9

secondary

#A4442F

accent

#5533F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CCE9

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

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