#46AEC5#46AEC5

#46AEC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEC5
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -22.73, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 30.67, 222.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0819 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.1 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7357, 35.6024, 58.2227)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEC5 #C55D46

analogous

#46C59C #46AEC5 #466FC5

triadic

#46AEC5 #C546AE #AEC546

tetradic

#46AEC5 #9C46C5 #C55D46 #6FC546

square

#46AEC5 #9C46C5 #C55D46 #6FC546

split-complementary

#46AEC5 #C5466F #C59C46

monochromatic

#23606E #31899D #46AEC5 #75C2D4 #A3D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#46AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEC5

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEC5	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d6',
    500: '#46aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aec5;
$custom-light: #88c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69978,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEC5

secondary

#CFA298

accent

#664CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEC5

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

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