#46C4E1#46C4E1

#46C4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4E1
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -25.31, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 35.24, 224.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0932 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.116 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8506, 46.2141, 78.2504)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4E1 #E16346

analogous

#46E1B1 #46C4E1 #4676E1

triadic

#46C4E1 #E146C4 #C4E146

tetradic

#46C4E1 #B146E1 #E16346 #76E146

square

#46C4E1 #B146E1 #E16346 #76E146

split-complementary

#46C4E1 #E14676 #E1B146

monochromatic

#187D95 #21AAC9 #46C4E1 #7BD5EA #AFE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#46C4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4E1

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4E1	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6ea',
    500: '#46c4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4e1;
$custom-light: #8cd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.226,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76308,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4E1

secondary

#E0AEA2

accent

#5B39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4E1

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

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