#46AEC6#46AEC6

#46AEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEC6
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -22.43, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 30.78, 223.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0815 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.1 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8507, 35.6484, 58.8282)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEC6 #C65E46

analogous

#46C69E #46AEC6 #466EC6

triadic

#46AEC6 #C646AE #AEC646

tetradic

#46AEC6 #9E46C6 #C65E46 #6EC646

square

#46AEC6 #9E46C6 #C65E46 #6EC646

split-complementary

#46AEC6 #C6466E #C69E46

monochromatic

#22616F #318A9E #46AEC6 #75C2D4 #A4D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#46AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEC6

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEC6	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d7',
    500: '#46aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aec6;
$custom-light: #88c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70018,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEC6

secondary

#D0A398

accent

#674BDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEC6

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

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