#46A4D9#46A4D9

#46A4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46A4D9
RGBrgb(70, 164, 217)
HSLhsl(202, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.05, -11.07, -35.00)
CIE-LCHlch(64.05, 36.71, 252.44°)
OKLaboklab(68.5% -0.0643 -0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(68.5% 0.118 236.8)
XYZxyz(28.3208, 32.8597, 70.4822)
Luminance0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46A4D9 #D97B46
analogous
#46D9C5 #46A4D9 #465BD9
triadic
#46A4D9 #D946A4 #A4D946
tetradic
#46A4D9 #C546D9 #D97B46 #5BD946
square
#46A4D9 #C546D9 #D97B46 #5BD946
split-complementary
#46A4D9 #D9465B #D9C546
monochromatic
#1C6189 #2686BB #46A4D9 #79BDE3 #ACD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#46A4D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57
#46A4D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4D9
7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46A4D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46A4D91.002.777.577.57
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5721.001.001.00
##0000007.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA3DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7795D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46a4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 236.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee5',
    500: '#46a4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46a4d9;
$custom-light: #89bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46a4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.633,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68502,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46A4D9
secondary
#DCB59F
accent
#7C3FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#46A4D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva