#46B2DC#46B2DC

#46B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2DC
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -17.63, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 34.92, 239.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0772 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.114 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3593, 38.3067, 73.4375)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2DC #DC7046

analogous

#46DCBB #46B2DC #4667DC

triadic

#46B2DC #DC46B2 #B2DC46

tetradic

#46B2DC #BB46DC #DC7046 #67DC46

square

#46B2DC #BB46DC #DC7046 #67DC46

split-complementary

#46B2DC #DC4667 #DCBB46

monochromatic

#1B6D8D #2495C0 #46B2DC #79C7E6 #ADDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#46B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2DC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2DC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e7',
    500: '#46b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2dc;
$custom-light: #8bc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2DC

secondary

#DDB1A0

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2DC

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

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