#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
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -14.34, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 35.32, 246.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0703 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.115 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4199, 35.0581, 70.8486)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##46AAD9	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAD9

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

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