#46AEDD#46AEDD

#46AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEDD
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -15.19, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 35.81, 244.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0729 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.117 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7078, 36.7913, 73.8756)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEDD #DD7546

analogous

#46DDC0 #46AEDD #4663DD

triadic

#46AEDD #DD46AE #AEDD46

tetradic

#46AEDD #C046DD #DD7546 #63DD46

square

#46AEDD #C046DD #DD7546 #63DD46

split-complementary

#46AEDD #DD4663 #DDC046

monochromatic

#1A6A8E #2491C2 #46AEDD #7AC5E7 #ADDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#46AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEDD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEDD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 231.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEDD

secondary

#DEB4A1

accent

#733CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEDD

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

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