#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
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -17.32, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 34.24, 239.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0757 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.112 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2455, 36.9166, 70.4840)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##46AFD8	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46AFD8

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

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