#46A9CA#46A9CA

#46A9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9CA
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -18.59, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 31.43, 233.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0747 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.103 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3701, 33.9394, 60.9742)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9CA #CA6746

analogous

#46CAA9 #46A9CA #4667CA

triadic

#46A9CA #CA46A9 #A9CA46

tetradic

#46A9CA #A946CA #CA6746 #67CA46

square

#46A9CA #A946CA #CA6746 #67CA46

split-complementary

#46A9CA #CA4667 #CAA946

monochromatic

#216074 #2F87A4 #46A9CA #76BFD8 #A5D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#46A9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#46A9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9CA

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9CA	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2da',
    500: '#46a9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9ca;
$custom-light: #88c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9CA

secondary

#D2A89A

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9CA

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

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