#46BCDC#46BCDC

#46BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCDC
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -22.81, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 34.33, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0872 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.113 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4219, 42.4321, 74.1251)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCDC #DC6646

analogous

#46DCB1 #46BCDC #4671DC

triadic

#46BCDC #DC46BC #BCDC46

tetradic

#46BCDC #B146DC #DC6646 #71DC46

square

#46BCDC #B146DC #DC6646 #71DC46

split-complementary

#46BCDC #DC4671 #DCB146

monochromatic

#1B758D #249FC0 #46BCDC #79CFE6 #ADE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#46BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#46BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCDC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCDC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e7',
    500: '#46bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcdc;
$custom-light: #8bd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCDC

secondary

#DDADA0

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCDC

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

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