#46ADD8#46ADD8

#46ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADD8
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -16.26, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 34.51, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0737 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.113 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8591, 36.1438, 70.3553)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADD8 #D87146

analogous

#46D8BA #46ADD8 #4664D8

triadic

#46ADD8 #D846AD #ADD846

tetradic

#46ADD8 #BA46D8 #D87146 #64D846

square

#46ADD8 #BA46D8 #D87146 #64D846

split-complementary

#46ADD8 #D84664 #D8BA46

monochromatic

#1C6887 #278FBA #46ADD8 #79C3E3 #ABDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#46ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#46ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADD8

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADD8	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e4',
    500: '#46add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46add8;
$custom-light: #8ac5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADD8

secondary

#DBB19F

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADD8

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

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