#46AEDC#46AEDC

#46AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.116 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEDC
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -15.51, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 35.51, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0732 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.116 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5750, 36.7381, 73.1761)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEDC #DC7446

analogous

#46DCBF #46AEDC #4663DC

triadic

#46AEDC #DC46AE #AEDC46

tetradic

#46AEDC #BF46DC #DC7446 #63DC46

square

#46AEDC #BF46DC #DC7446 #63DC46

split-complementary

#46AEDC #DC4663 #DCBF46

monochromatic

#1B6A8D #2491C0 #46AEDC #79C5E6 #ADDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#46AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#46AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEDC

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEDC	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.116 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6e7',
    500: '#46aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aedc;
$custom-light: #8ac6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEDC

secondary

#DDB3A0

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEDC

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

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