#46ACC9#46ACC9

#46ACC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACC9
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -20.47, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 31.16, 228.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0782 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.102 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8166, 35.0212, 60.5408)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACC9 #C96346

analogous

#46C9A4 #46ACC9 #466BC9

triadic

#46ACC9 #C946AC #ACC946

tetradic

#46ACC9 #A446C9 #C96346 #6BC946

square

#46ACC9 #A446C9 #C96346 #6BC946

split-complementary

#46ACC9 #C9466B #C9A446

monochromatic

#226173 #2F89A2 #46ACC9 #75C1D7 #A5D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#46ACC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#46ACC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACC9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACC9	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)

#9AA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d9',
    500: '#46acc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acc9;
$custom-light: #88c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69665,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACC9

secondary

#D2A699

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACC9

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

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