#46C0DC#46C0DC

#46C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C0DC
RGB	rgb(70, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -24.83, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 34.44, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0911 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.113 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2883, 44.1648, 74.4138)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C0DC #DC6246

analogous

#46DCAD #46C0DC #4675DC

triadic

#46C0DC #DC46C0 #C0DC46

tetradic

#46C0DC #AD46DC #DC6246 #75DC46

square

#46C0DC #AD46DC #DC6246 #75DC46

split-complementary

#46C0DC #DC4675 #DCAD46

monochromatic

#1B788D #24A3C0 #46C0DC #79D2E6 #ADE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#46C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#46C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C0DC

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C0DC	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e7',
    500: '#46c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c0dc;
$custom-light: #8cd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C0DC

secondary

#DDACA0

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C0DC

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

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