#46C4E2#46C4E2

#46C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4E2
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -25.00, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 35.36, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0928 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.116 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9875, 46.2688, 78.9709)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4E2 #E26446

analogous

#46E2B2 #46C4E2 #4676E2

triadic

#46C4E2 #E246C4 #C4E246

tetradic

#46C4E2 #B246E2 #E26446 #76E246

square

#46C4E2 #B246E2 #E26446 #76E246

split-complementary

#46C4E2 #E24676 #E2B246

monochromatic

#187E96 #20AACB #46C4E2 #7BD5EA #B0E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#46C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4E2

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4E2	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6eb',
    500: '#46c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4e2;
$custom-light: #8dd6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4E2

secondary

#E1AFA3

accent

#5B38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4E2

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

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