#46BAD4#46BAD4

#46BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAD4
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -24.26, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 33.17, 223.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0883 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.108 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9634, 41.1698, 68.5366)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAD4 #D46046

analogous

#46D4A7 #46BAD4 #4673D4

triadic

#46BAD4 #D446BA #BAD446

tetradic

#46BAD4 #A746D4 #D46046 #73D446

square

#46BAD4 #A746D4 #D46046 #73D446

split-complementary

#46BAD4 #D44673 #D4A746

monochromatic

#1E6F81 #2A9AB3 #46BAD4 #78CDE0 #A9DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#46BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAD4

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAD4	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfe1',
    500: '#46bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bad4;
$custom-light: #8acfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAD4

secondary

#D9A89D

accent

#6042E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAD4

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

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