#46ACD4#46ACD4

#46ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD4
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -17.01, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 33.56, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0741 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.11 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1572, 35.5574, 67.6012)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD4 #D46E46

analogous

#46D4B5 #46ACD4 #4665D4

triadic

#46ACD4 #D446AC #ACD446

tetradic

#46ACD4 #B546D4 #D46E46 #65D446

square

#46ACD4 #B546D4 #D46E46 #65D446

split-complementary

#46ACD4 #D44665 #D4B546

monochromatic

#1E6681 #2A8CB3 #46ACD4 #78C2E0 #A9D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#46ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD4

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD4	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e1',
    500: '#46acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd4;
$custom-light: #89c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70134,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD4

secondary

#D9AE9D

accent

#7042E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD4

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

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