#46C2E1#46C2E1

#46C2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C2E1
RGB	rgb(70, 194, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -24.30, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 35.16, 226.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0912 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.115 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4025, 45.3179, 78.1010)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C2E1 #E16546

analogous

#46E1B2 #46C2E1 #4674E1

triadic

#46C2E1 #E146C2 #C2E146

tetradic

#46C2E1 #B246E1 #E16546 #74E146

square

#46C2E1 #B246E1 #E16546 #74E146

split-complementary

#46C2E1 #E14674 #E1B246

monochromatic

#187C95 #21A7C9 #46C2E1 #7BD3EA #AFE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#46C2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#46C2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C2E1

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C2E1	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 194, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4ea',
    500: '#46c2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c2e1;
$custom-light: #8cd4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C2E1

secondary

#E0AFA2

accent

#5D39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C2E1

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

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