#46AED9#46AED9

#46AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AED9
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -16.47, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 34.65, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0743 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.113 229)
XYZ	xyz(30.1812, 36.5806, 71.1023)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AED9 #D97146

analogous

#46D9BB #46AED9 #4665D9

triadic

#46AED9 #D946AE #AED946

tetradic

#46AED9 #BB46D9 #D97146 #65D946

square

#46AED9 #BB46D9 #D97146 #65D946

split-complementary

#46AED9 #D94665 #D9BB46

monochromatic

#1C6989 #2690BB #46AED9 #79C4E3 #ACDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#46AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AED9

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AED9	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e5',
    500: '#46aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aed9;
$custom-light: #8ac6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70822,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.36584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AED9

secondary

#DCB19F

accent

#713FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AED9

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

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