#46ADD6#46ADD6

#46ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADD6
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -16.90, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 33.96, 240.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0744 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.111 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6021, 36.0410, 69.0018)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADD6 #D66F46

analogous

#46D6B7 #46ADD6 #4665D6

triadic

#46ADD6 #D646AD #ADD646

tetradic

#46ADD6 #B746D6 #D66F46 #65D646

square

#46ADD6 #B746D6 #D66F46 #65D646

split-complementary

#46ADD6 #D64665 #D6B746

monochromatic

#1D6784 #288EB6 #46ADD6 #78C3E1 #AAD9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#46ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#46ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADD6

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADD6	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e2',
    500: '#46add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46add6;
$custom-light: #89c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADD6

secondary

#DAAF9E

accent

#7041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADD6

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

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