#46A5D9#46A5D9

#46A5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5D9
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -11.62, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 36.45, 251.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0653 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.117 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5004, 33.2190, 70.5421)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5D9 #D97A46

analogous

#46D9C3 #46A5D9 #465CD9

triadic

#46A5D9 #D946A5 #A5D946

tetradic

#46A5D9 #C346D9 #D97A46 #5CD946

square

#46A5D9 #C346D9 #D97A46 #5CD946

split-complementary

#46A5D9 #D9465C #D9C346

monochromatic

#1C6289 #2687BB #46A5D9 #79BEE3 #ACD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#46A5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#46A5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5D9

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5D9	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe5',
    500: '#46a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5d9;
$custom-light: #89bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.224,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68733,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5D9

secondary

#DCB59F

accent

#7B3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5D9

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

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