#46C5EC#46C5EC

#46C5EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5EC
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -22.41, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 36.97, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.09 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.122 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6261, 47.2864, 86.4848)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5EC #EC6D46

analogous

#46ECC0 #46C5EC #4672EC

triadic

#46C5EC #EC46C5 #C5EC46

tetradic

#46C5EC #C046EC #EC6D46 #72EC46

square

#46C5EC #C046EC #EC6D46 #72EC46

split-complementary

#46C5EC #EC4672 #ECC046

monochromatic

#1183A7 #17AFDE #46C5EC #7DD6F2 #B5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#46C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#46C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5EC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5EC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6f2',
    500: '#46c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5ec;
$custom-light: #8ed6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.096,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76992,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5EC

secondary

#E7B6A7

accent

#5F30F8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5EC

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

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