#46C4EC#46C4EC

#46C4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4EC
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -21.90, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 37.02, 233.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.089 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.122 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3998, 46.8338, 86.4094)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4EC #EC6E46

analogous

#46ECC1 #46C4EC #4671EC

triadic

#46C4EC #EC46C4 #C4EC46

tetradic

#46C4EC #C146EC #EC6E46 #71EC46

square

#46C4EC #C146EC #EC6E46 #71EC46

split-complementary

#46C4EC #EC4671 #ECC146

monochromatic

#1182A7 #17AEDE #46C4EC #7DD6F2 #B5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#46C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#46C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4EC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4EC	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6f2',
    500: '#46c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4ec;
$custom-light: #8ed6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.458,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7676,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4EC

secondary

#E7B6A7

accent

#6030F8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4EC

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

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