#46ACD5#46ACD5

#46ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD5
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -16.69, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 33.83, 240.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0737 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.111 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2838, 35.6080, 68.2676)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD5 #D56F46

analogous

#46D5B7 #46ACD5 #4664D5

triadic

#46ACD5 #D546AC #ACD546

tetradic

#46ACD5 #B746D5 #D56F46 #64D546

square

#46ACD5 #B746D5 #D56F46 #64D546

split-complementary

#46ACD5 #D54664 #D5B746

monochromatic

#1E6683 #298DB5 #46ACD5 #78C2E0 #AAD9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#46ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD5

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD5	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#46acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd5;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD5

secondary

#D9AF9E

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD5

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

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