#46AFD6#46AFD6

#46AFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFD6
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -17.96, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 33.74, 237.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0764 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.111 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9885, 36.8138, 69.1306)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFD6 #D66D46

analogous

#46D6B5 #46AFD6 #4667D6

triadic

#46AFD6 #D646AF #AFD646

tetradic

#46AFD6 #B546D6 #D66D46 #67D646

square

#46AFD6 #B546D6 #D66D46 #67D646

split-complementary

#46AFD6 #D64667 #D6B546

monochromatic

#1D6884 #2890B6 #46AFD6 #78C5E1 #AADAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46AFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#46AFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFD6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFD6	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)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e2',
    500: '#46afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afd6;
$custom-light: #8ac7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFD6

secondary

#DAAE9E

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFD6

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

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