#46AED4#46AED4

#46AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED4
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -18.07, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 33.34, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0761 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.109 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5407, 36.3244, 67.7291)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED4 #D46C46

analogous

#46D4B3 #46AED4 #4667D4

triadic

#46AED4 #D446AE #AED446

tetradic

#46AED4 #B346D4 #D46C46 #67D446

square

#46AED4 #B346D4 #D46C46 #67D446

split-complementary

#46AED4 #D44667 #D4B346

monochromatic

#1E6781 #2A8EB3 #46AED4 #78C4E0 #A9D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#46AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e1',
    500: '#46aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed4;
$custom-light: #89c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70603,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED4

secondary

#D9AD9D

accent

#6E42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED4

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

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