#46A9CC#46A9CC

#46A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9CC
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -17.96, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 31.88, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.074 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.104 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6085, 34.0347, 62.2294)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9CC #CC6946

analogous

#46CCAC #46A9CC #4666CC

triadic

#46A9CC #CC46A9 #A9CC46

tetradic

#46A9CC #AC46CC #CC6946 #66CC46

square

#46A9CC #AC46CC #CC6946 #66CC46

split-complementary

#46A9CC #CC4666 #CCAC46

monochromatic

#216077 #2E87A7 #46A9CC #76BFD9 #A6D6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#46A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#46A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9CC

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9CC	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2db',
    500: '#46a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9cc;
$custom-light: #88c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69081,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9CC

secondary

#D4A99A

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9CC

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

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