#46AEDE#46AEDE

#46AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEDE
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -14.86, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 36.12, 245.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0725 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.117 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8414, 36.8447, 74.5794)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEDE #DE7646

analogous

#46DEC2 #46AEDE #4662DE

triadic

#46AEDE #DE46AE #AEDE46

tetradic

#46AEDE #C246DE #DE7646 #62DE46

square

#46AEDE #C246DE #DE7646 #62DE46

split-complementary

#46AEDE #DE4662 #DEC246

monochromatic

#1A6B90 #2391C4 #46AEDE #7AC5E7 #AEDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#46AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEDE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEDE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e8',
    500: '#46aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aede;
$custom-light: #8bc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEDE

secondary

#DFB5A1

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEDE

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

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