#46BCD4#46BCD4

#46BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD4
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -25.26, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 33.32, 220.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0903 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.109 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3877, 42.0184, 68.6780)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD4 #D45E46

analogous

#46D4A5 #46BCD4 #4675D4

triadic

#46BCD4 #D446BC #BCD446

tetradic

#46BCD4 #A546D4 #D45E46 #75D446

square

#46BCD4 #A546D4 #D45E46 #75D446

split-complementary

#46BCD4 #D44675 #D4A546

monochromatic

#1E7181 #2A9CB3 #46BCD4 #78CEE0 #A9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#46BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#46BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD4

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD4	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e1',
    500: '#46bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd4;
$custom-light: #8ad0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73905,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD4

secondary

#D9A79D

accent

#5E42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD4

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

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