#46AED8#46AED8

#46AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED8
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -16.79, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 34.37, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0747 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.112 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0516, 36.5288, 70.4194)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED8 #D87046

analogous

#46D8B9 #46AED8 #4665D8

triadic

#46AED8 #D846AE #AED846

tetradic

#46AED8 #B946D8 #D87046 #65D846

square

#46AED8 #B946D8 #D87046 #65D846

split-complementary

#46AED8 #D84665 #D8B946

monochromatic

#1C6887 #2790BA #46AED8 #79C4E3 #ABDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#46AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e4',
    500: '#46aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed8;
$custom-light: #8ac6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70778,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED8

secondary

#DBB09F

accent

#7040E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED8

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

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