#46A9CD#46A9CD

#46A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9CD
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -17.64, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 32.11, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0736 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.105 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7288, 34.0828, 62.8631)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9CD #CD6A46

analogous

#46CDAE #46A9CD #4666CD

triadic

#46A9CD #CD46A9 #A9CD46

tetradic

#46A9CD #AE46CD #CD6A46 #66CD46

square

#46A9CD #AE46CD #CD6A46 #66CD46

split-complementary

#46A9CD #CD4666 #CDAE46

monochromatic

#206178 #2D88A8 #46A9CD #76BFDA #A6D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#46A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#46A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9CD	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dc',
    500: '#46a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9cd;
$custom-light: #88c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69124,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9CD

secondary

#D4AA9B

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9CD

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

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