#46AACE#46AACE

#46AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AACE
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -17.86, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 32.27, 236.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0743 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.106 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0366, 34.5048, 63.5631)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AACE #CE6A46

analogous

#46CEAE #46AACE #4666CE

triadic

#46AACE #CE46AA #AACE46

tetradic

#46AACE #AE46CE #CE6A46 #66CE46

square

#46AACE #AE46CE #CE6A46 #66CE46

split-complementary

#46AACE #CE4666 #CEAE46

monochromatic

#206279 #2D89AA #46AACE #76C0DB #A7D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#46AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#46AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AACE

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AACE	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3dd',
    500: '#46aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aace;
$custom-light: #88c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AACE

secondary

#D5AA9B

accent

#6F46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AACE

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

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