#46AAC8#46AAC8

#46AAC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.101 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAC8
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -19.74, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 30.99, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0765 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.101 221)
XYZ	xyz(27.3216, 34.2188, 59.7974)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAC8 #C86446

analogous

#46C8A5 #46AAC8 #4669C8

triadic

#46AAC8 #C846AA #AAC846

tetradic

#46AAC8 #A546C8 #C86446 #69C846

square

#46AAC8 #A546C8 #C86446 #69C846

split-complementary

#46AAC8 #C84669 #C8A546

monochromatic

#225F72 #3087A1 #46AAC8 #75C0D6 #A4D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#46AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#46AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAC8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAC8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.101 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3d8',
    500: '#46aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aac8;
$custom-light: #88c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69148,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.34222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAC8

secondary

#D1A699

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAC8

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

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