#46ADD5#46ADD5

#46ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADD5
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -17.22, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 33.70, 239.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0747 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.11 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4748, 35.9901, 68.3313)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADD5 #D56E46

analogous

#46D5B5 #46ADD5 #4665D5

triadic

#46ADD5 #D546AD #ADD546

tetradic

#46ADD5 #B546D5 #D56E46 #65D546

square

#46ADD5 #B546D5 #D56E46 #65D546

split-complementary

#46ADD5 #D54665 #D5B546

monochromatic

#1E6783 #298EB5 #46ADD5 #78C3E0 #AAD9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#46ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#46ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADD5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADD5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e2',
    500: '#46add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46add5;
$custom-light: #89c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADD5

secondary

#D9AE9E

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADD5

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

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