#46ACD6#46ACD6

#46ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD6
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -16.37, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 34.10, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0734 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.111 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4111, 35.6590, 68.9381)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD6 #D67046

analogous

#46D6B8 #46ACD6 #4664D6

triadic

#46ACD6 #D646AC #ACD646

tetradic

#46ACD6 #B846D6 #D67046 #64D646

square

#46ACD6 #B846D6 #D67046 #64D646

split-complementary

#46ACD6 #D64664 #D6B846

monochromatic

#1D6684 #288DB6 #46ACD6 #78C2E1 #AAD9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#46ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD6

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD6	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4e2',
    500: '#46acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd6;
$custom-light: #89c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70222,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD6

secondary

#DAAF9E

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD6

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

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