#46ACD9#46ACD9

#46ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ACD9
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -15.41, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 34.96, 243.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0723 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.114 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7977, 35.8136, 70.9745)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ACD9 #D97346

analogous

#46D9BC #46ACD9 #4663D9

triadic

#46ACD9 #D946AC #ACD946

tetradic

#46ACD9 #BC46D9 #D97346 #63D946

square

#46ACD9 #BC46D9 #D97346 #63D946

split-complementary

#46ACD9 #D94663 #D9BC46

monochromatic

#1C6789 #268EBB #46ACD9 #79C3E3 #ACDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#46ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ACD9

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ACD9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e5',
    500: '#46acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46acd9;
$custom-light: #8ac4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ACD9

secondary

#DCB29F

accent

#733FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ACD9

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

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