#46C2DE#46C2DE

#46C2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C2DE
RGB	rgb(70, 194, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -25.22, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 34.78, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0924 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.114 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9969, 45.1556, 75.9646)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C2DE #DE6246

analogous

#46DEAE #46C2DE #4676DE

triadic

#46C2DE #DE46C2 #C2DE46

tetradic

#46C2DE #AE46DE #DE6246 #76DE46

square

#46C2DE #AE46DE #DE6246 #76DE46

split-complementary

#46C2DE #DE4676 #DEAE46

monochromatic

#1A7A90 #23A6C4 #46C2DE #7AD3E7 #AEE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#46C2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#46C2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C2DE

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C2DE	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 194, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e8',
    500: '#46c2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c2de;
$custom-light: #8cd4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C2DE

secondary

#DFACA1

accent

#5C3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C2DE

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

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