#46AED6#46AED6

#46AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED6
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -17.43, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 33.84, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0754 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.111 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7946, 36.4260, 69.0660)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED6 #D66E46

analogous

#46D6B6 #46AED6 #4666D6

triadic

#46AED6 #D646AE #AED646

tetradic

#46AED6 #B646D6 #D66E46 #66D646

square

#46AED6 #B646D6 #D66E46 #66D646

split-complementary

#46AED6 #D64666 #D6B646

monochromatic

#1D6884 #288FB6 #46AED6 #78C4E1 #AADAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#46AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED6

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED6	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e2',
    500: '#46aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed6;
$custom-light: #89c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7069,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED6

secondary

#DAAF9E

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED6

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

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