#46ABC9#46ABC9

#46ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ABC9
RGB	rgb(70, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -19.95, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 31.16, 230.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0772 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.102 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6270, 34.6420, 60.4776)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ABC9 #C96446

analogous

#46C9A5 #46ABC9 #466AC9

triadic

#46ABC9 #C946AB #ABC946

tetradic

#46ABC9 #A546C9 #C96446 #6AC946

square

#46ABC9 #A546C9 #C96446 #6AC946

split-complementary

#46ABC9 #C9466A #C9A546

monochromatic

#226073 #2F88A2 #46ABC9 #75C1D7 #A5D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#46ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#46ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ABC9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ABC9	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4d9',
    500: '#46abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46abc9;
$custom-light: #88c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.74,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ABC9

secondary

#D2A699

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ABC9

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

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