#46A5DD#46A5DD

#46A5DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5DD
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -10.30, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 37.92, 254.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.064 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.121 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0270, 33.4297, 73.3154)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5DD #DD7E46

analogous

#46DDCA #46A5DD #4659DD

triadic

#46A5DD #DD46A5 #A5DD46

tetradic

#46A5DD #CA46DD #DD7E46 #59DD46

square

#46A5DD #CA46DD #DD7E46 #59DD46

split-complementary

#46A5DD #DD4659 #DDCA46

monochromatic

#1A638E #2487C2 #46A5DD #7ABEE7 #ADD7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#46A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#46A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5DD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5DD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe7',
    500: '#46a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5dd;
$custom-light: #8abfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.252,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5DD

secondary

#DEB7A1

accent

#7D3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5DD

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

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