#46AED5#46AED5

#46AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED5
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -17.75, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 33.59, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0758 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.11 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6673, 36.3751, 68.3955)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED5 #D56D46

analogous

#46D5B5 #46AED5 #4666D5

triadic

#46AED5 #D546AE #AED546

tetradic

#46AED5 #B546D5 #D56D46 #66D546

square

#46AED5 #B546D5 #D56D46 #66D546

split-complementary

#46AED5 #D54666 #D5B546

monochromatic

#1E6783 #298FB5 #46AED5 #78C4E0 #AADAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#46AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED5

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED5	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e2',
    500: '#46aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed5;
$custom-light: #89c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED5

secondary

#D9AE9E

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED5

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

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