#46AEC8#46AEC8

#46AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEC8
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -21.81, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 31.04, 225.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0807 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.101 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0829, 35.7413, 60.0511)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEC8 #C86046

analogous

#46C8A1 #46AEC8 #466DC8

triadic

#46AEC8 #C846AE #AEC846

tetradic

#46AEC8 #A146C8 #C86046 #6DC846

square

#46AEC8 #A146C8 #C86046 #6DC846

split-complementary

#46AEC8 #C8466D #C8A146

monochromatic

#226272 #308AA1 #46AEC8 #75C3D6 #A4D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#46AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEC8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEC8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d8',
    500: '#46aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aec8;
$custom-light: #88c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEC8

secondary

#D1A499

accent

#684ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEC8

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

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