#46A3DB#46A3DB

#46A3DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.120 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3DB
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -9.86, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 37.73, 254.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0626 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.12 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4042, 32.6079, 71.8011)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3DB #DB7E46

analogous

#46DBC8 #46A3DB #4659DB

triadic

#46A3DB #DB46A3 #A3DB46

tetradic

#46A3DB #C846DB #DB7E46 #59DB46

square

#46A3DB #C846DB #DB7E46 #59DB46

split-complementary

#46A3DB #DB4659 #DBC846

monochromatic

#1B618B #2585BF #46A3DB #79BCE5 #ACD6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#46A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#46A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3DB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3DB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.120 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee6',
    500: '#46a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3db;
$custom-light: #8abee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.55,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68367,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3DB

secondary

#DDB7A0

accent

#7E3DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3DB

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

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