#46A6DB#46A6DB

#46A6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.118 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A6DB
RGB	rgb(70, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -11.51, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 36.91, 251.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0656 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.118 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9432, 33.6859, 71.9808)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A6DB #DB7B46

analogous

#46DBC5 #46A6DB #465CDB

triadic

#46A6DB #DB46A6 #A6DB46

tetradic

#46A6DB #C546DB #DB7B46 #5CDB46

square

#46A6DB #C546DB #DB7B46 #5CDB46

split-complementary

#46A6DB #DB465C #DBC546

monochromatic

#1B648B #2588BF #46A6DB #79BFE5 #ACD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#46A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#46A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A6DB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A6DB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.118 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0e6',
    500: '#46a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a6db;
$custom-light: #8ac0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A6DB

secondary

#DDB6A0

accent

#7B3DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A6DB

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

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