#46AFD9#46AFD9

#46AFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFD9
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -17.01, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 34.51, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0753 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.113 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3751, 36.9685, 71.1670)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFD9 #D97046

analogous

#46D9BA #46AFD9 #4666D9

triadic

#46AFD9 #D946AF #AFD946

tetradic

#46AFD9 #BA46D9 #D97046 #66D946

square

#46AFD9 #BA46D9 #D97046 #66D946

split-complementary

#46AFD9 #D94666 #D9BA46

monochromatic

#1C6A89 #2691BB #46AFD9 #79C5E3 #ACDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46AFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#46AFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFD9

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFD9	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e5',
    500: '#46afd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afd9;
$custom-light: #8ac7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFD9

secondary

#DCB09F

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFD9

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

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