#46AAD9#46AAD9

#46AAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46AAD9
RGBrgb(70, 170, 217)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.79, -14.34, -32.28)
CIE-LCHlch(65.79, 35.32, 246.06°)
OKLaboklab(69.89% -0.0703 -0.0906)
OKLCHoklch(69.89% 0.115 232.2)
XYZxyz(29.4199, 35.0581, 70.8486)
Luminance0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46AAD9 #D97546
analogous
#46D9BF #46AAD9 #4661D9
triadic
#46AAD9 #D946AA #AAD946
tetradic
#46AAD9 #BF46D9 #D97546 #61D946
square
#46AAD9 #BF46D9 #D97546 #61D946
split-complementary
#46AAD9 #D94661 #D9BF46
monochromatic
#1C6689 #268CBB #46AAD9 #79C1E3 #ACD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#46AAD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01
#46AAD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAD9
8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46AAD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46AAD91.002.628.018.01
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0121.001.001.00
##0000008.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A8DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46aad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 232.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3e5',
    500: '#46aad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46aad9;
$custom-light: #8ac3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46aad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46AAD9
secondary
#DCB29F
accent
#753FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

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#46AAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva