#46ADD4#46ADD4

#46ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADD4
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -17.54, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.45, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0751 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3483, 35.9395, 67.6649)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADD4 #D46D46

analogous

#46D4B4 #46ADD4 #4666D4

triadic

#46ADD4 #D446AD #ADD446

tetradic

#46ADD4 #B446D4 #D46D46 #66D446

square

#46ADD4 #B446D4 #D46D46 #66D446

split-complementary

#46ADD4 #D44666 #D4B446

monochromatic

#1E6681 #2A8DB3 #46ADD4 #78C3E0 #A9D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#46ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#46ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADD4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADD4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e1',
    500: '#46add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46add4;
$custom-light: #89c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70369,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADD4

secondary

#D9AE9D

accent

#6F42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADD4

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

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