#46AFDE#46AFDE

#46AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFDE
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -15.40, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 35.94, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0735 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.117 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0353, 37.2325, 74.6440)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFDE #DE7546

analogous

#46DEC1 #46AFDE #4663DE

triadic

#46AFDE #DE46AF #AFDE46

tetradic

#46AFDE #C146DE #DE7546 #63DE46

square

#46AFDE #C146DE #DE7546 #63DE46

split-complementary

#46AFDE #DE4663 #DEC146

monochromatic

#1A6B90 #2392C4 #46AFDE #7AC5E7 #AEDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#46AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#46AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFDE

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFDE	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 231.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.553,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFDE

secondary

#DFB4A1

accent

#723BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFDE

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

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