#46ADD9#46ADD9

#46ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ADD9
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -15.94, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 34.80, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0733 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.114 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9888, 36.1957, 71.0382)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ADD9 #D97246

analogous

#46D9BC #46ADD9 #4664D9

triadic

#46ADD9 #D946AD #ADD946

tetradic

#46ADD9 #BC46D9 #D97246 #64D946

square

#46ADD9 #BC46D9 #D97246 #64D946

split-complementary

#46ADD9 #D94664 #D9BC46

monochromatic

#1C6889 #268FBB #46ADD9 #79C4E3 #ACDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#46ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#46ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ADD9

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ADD9	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5e5',
    500: '#46add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46add9;
$custom-light: #8ac5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ADD9

secondary

#DCB19F

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ADD9

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

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