#46ACD0#46ACD0

#46ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD0
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -18.28, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 32.57, 235.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0756 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.107 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6589, 35.3581, 64.9767)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD0 #D06A46

analogous

#46D0AF #46ACD0 #4667D0

triadic

#46ACD0 #D046AC #ACD046

tetradic

#46ACD0 #AF46D0 #D06A46 #67D046

square

#46ACD0 #AF46D0 #D06A46 #67D046

split-complementary

#46ACD0 #D04667 #D0AF46

monochromatic

#20647C #2C8BAD #46ACD0 #77C2DC #A8D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#46ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#46ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD0

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD0	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4de',
    500: '#46acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd0;
$custom-light: #89c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD0

secondary

#D6AB9C

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD0

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

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