#46AFD8#46AFD8

#46AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46AFD8
RGBrgb(70, 175, 216)
HSLhsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.21, -17.32, -29.54)
CIE-LCHlch(67.21, 34.24, 239.61°)
OKLaboklab(71.01% -0.0757 -0.0827)
OKLCHoklch(71.01% 0.112 227.5)
XYZxyz(30.2455, 36.9166, 70.4840)
Luminance0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46AFD8 #D86F46
analogous
#46D8B8 #46AFD8 #4666D8
triadic
#46AFD8 #D846AF #AFD846
tetradic
#46AFD8 #B846D8 #D86F46 #66D846
square
#46AFD8 #B846D8 #D86F46 #66D846
split-complementary
#46AFD8 #D84666 #D8B846
monochromatic
#1C6987 #2791BA #46AFD8 #79C5E3 #ABDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#46AFD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#46AFD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFD8
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46AFD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46AFD81.002.508.388.38
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99ACDA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#859DD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 227.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e4',
    500: '#46afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46afd8;
$custom-light: #8ac7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46AFD8
secondary
#DBB09F
accent
#6F40E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#46AFD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva