#46ACD8#46ACD8

#46ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD8
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -15.73, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 34.67, 243.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0727 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.113 230)
XYZ	xyz(29.6680, 35.7618, 70.2916)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD8 #D87246

analogous

#46D8BB #46ACD8 #4663D8

triadic

#46ACD8 #D846AC #ACD846

tetradic

#46ACD8 #BB46D8 #D87246 #63D846

square

#46ACD8 #BB46D8 #D87246 #63D846

split-complementary

#46ACD8 #D84663 #D8BB46

monochromatic

#1C6787 #278EBA #46ACD8 #79C3E3 #ABD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#46ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e4',
    500: '#46acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd8;
$custom-light: #8ac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70312,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD8

secondary

#DBB19F

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD8

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

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