#46A8CC#46A8CC

#46A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8CC
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -17.43, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 31.96, 236.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0729 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.105 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4231, 33.6641, 62.1676)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8CC #CC6A46

analogous

#46CCAD #46A8CC #4665CC

triadic

#46A8CC #CC46A8 #A8CC46

tetradic

#46A8CC #AD46CC #CC6A46 #65CC46

square

#46A8CC #AD46CC #CC6A46 #65CC46

split-complementary

#46A8CC #CC4665 #CCAD46

monochromatic

#216077 #2E86A7 #46A8CC #76BFD9 #A6D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#46A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#46A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8CC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8CC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2db',
    500: '#46a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8cc;
$custom-light: #88c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68845,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8CC

secondary

#D4AA9A

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8CC

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

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