#46ABD9#46ABD9

#46ABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ABD9
RGB	rgb(70, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -14.87, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 35.14, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0713 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.114 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6081, 35.4344, 70.9113)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ABD9 #D97446

analogous

#46D9BE #46ABD9 #4662D9

triadic

#46ABD9 #D946AB #ABD946

tetradic

#46ABD9 #BE46D9 #D97446 #62D946

square

#46ABD9 #BE46D9 #D97446 #62D946

split-complementary

#46ABD9 #D94662 #D9BE46

monochromatic

#1C6789 #268DBB #46ABD9 #79C2E3 #ACD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#46ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#46ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ABD9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ABD9	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e5',
    500: '#46abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46abd9;
$custom-light: #8ac4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ABD9

secondary

#DCB29F

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ABD9

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

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