#46B4D4#46B4D4

#46B4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4D4
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -21.20, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 33.02, 230.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0822 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.108 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7259, 38.6947, 68.1241)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4D4 #D46646

analogous

#46D4AD #46B4D4 #466DD4

triadic

#46B4D4 #D446B4 #B4D446

tetradic

#46B4D4 #AD46D4 #D46646 #6DD446

square

#46B4D4 #AD46D4 #D46646 #6DD446

split-complementary

#46B4D4 #D4466D #D4AD46

monochromatic

#1E6B81 #2A94B3 #46B4D4 #78C8E0 #A9DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#46B4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4D4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4D4	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae1',
    500: '#46b4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4d4;
$custom-light: #8acae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72014,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4D4

secondary

#D9AB9D

accent

#6742E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4D4

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

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