#46ACD3#46ACD3

#46ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD3
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -17.33, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 33.30, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0745 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.109 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0315, 35.5071, 66.9389)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD3 #D36D46

analogous

#46D3B4 #46ACD3 #4665D3

triadic

#46ACD3 #D346AC #ACD346

tetradic

#46ACD3 #B446D3 #D36D46 #65D346

square

#46ACD3 #B446D3 #D36D46 #65D346

split-complementary

#46ACD3 #D34665 #D3B446

monochromatic

#1E6580 #2A8CB2 #46ACD3 #77C2DF #A9D8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#46ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD3

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD3	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e0',
    500: '#46acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd3;
$custom-light: #89c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7009,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD3

secondary

#D8AD9D

accent

#7043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD3

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

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