#46A9D4#46A9D4

#46A9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9D4
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -15.41, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 33.98, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0711 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.111 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5927, 34.4284, 67.4130)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9D4 #D47146

analogous

#46D4B8 #46A9D4 #4662D4

triadic

#46A9D4 #D446A9 #A9D446

tetradic

#46A9D4 #B846D4 #D47146 #62D446

square

#46A9D4 #B846D4 #D47146 #62D446

split-complementary

#46A9D4 #D44662 #D4B846

monochromatic

#1E6381 #2A8AB3 #46A9D4 #78C0E0 #A9D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#46A9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#46A9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9D4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9D4	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e1',
    500: '#46a9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9d4;
$custom-light: #89c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69432,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9D4

secondary

#D9AF9D

accent

#7442E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9D4

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

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