#46AEC3#46AEC3

#46AEC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEC3
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -23.34, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 30.47, 220.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0827 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.099 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5081, 35.5114, 57.0238)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEC3 #C35B46

analogous

#46C39A #46AEC3 #4670C3

triadic

#46AEC3 #C346AE #AEC346

tetradic

#46AEC3 #9A46C3 #C35B46 #70C346

square

#46AEC3 #9A46C3 #C35B46 #70C346

split-complementary

#46AEC3 #C34670 #C39A46

monochromatic

#235F6C #32889A #46AEC3 #74C2D2 #A2D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#46AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEC3

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEC3	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d5',
    500: '#46aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aec3;
$custom-light: #87c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEC3

secondary

#CEA097

accent

#654DDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEC3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →