#46A4DB#46A4DB

#46A4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4DB
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -10.41, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 37.45, 253.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0636 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.12 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5825, 32.9644, 71.8605)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4DB #DB7D46

analogous

#46DBC8 #46A4DB #465ADB

triadic

#46A4DB #DB46A4 #A4DB46

tetradic

#46A4DB #C846DB #DB7D46 #5ADB46

square

#46A4DB #C846DB #DB7D46 #5ADB46

split-complementary

#46A4DB #DB465A #DBC846

monochromatic

#1B628B #2586BF #46A4DB #79BDE5 #ACD6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#46A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#46A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4DB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4DB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee6',
    500: '#46a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4db;
$custom-light: #8abee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.148,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4DB

secondary

#DDB6A0

accent

#7D3DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4DB

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

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