#46AED3#46AED3

#46AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED3
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -18.38, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 33.11, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0765 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.108 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4150, 36.2741, 67.0668)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED3 #D36B46

analogous

#46D3B2 #46AED3 #4667D3

triadic

#46AED3 #D346AE #AED346

tetradic

#46AED3 #B246D3 #D36B46 #67D346

square

#46AED3 #B246D3 #D36B46 #67D346

split-complementary

#46AED3 #D34667 #D3B246

monochromatic

#1E6780 #2A8EB2 #46AED3 #77C4DF #A9D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#46AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED3

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED3	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e0',
    500: '#46aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed3;
$custom-light: #89c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7056,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED3

secondary

#D8AC9D

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED3

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

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