#46AAD8#46AAD8

#46AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAD8
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -14.66, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 35.01, 245.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0706 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.114 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2903, 35.0062, 70.1657)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAD8 #D87446

analogous

#46D8BD #46AAD8 #4661D8

triadic

#46AAD8 #D846AA #AAD846

tetradic

#46AAD8 #BD46D8 #D87446 #61D846

square

#46AAD8 #BD46D8 #D87446 #61D846

split-complementary

#46AAD8 #D84661 #D8BD46

monochromatic

#1C6687 #278BBA #46AAD8 #79C1E3 #ABD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#46AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#46AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAD8

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAD8	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e4',
    500: '#46aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aad8;
$custom-light: #8ac3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAD8

secondary

#DBB29F

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAD8

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

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