#46A8D8#46A8D8

#46A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8D8
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -13.58, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 35.41, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0686 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.115 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9182, 34.2621, 70.0416)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8D8 #D87646

analogous

#46D8BF #46A8D8 #465FD8

triadic

#46A8D8 #D846A8 #A8D846

tetradic

#46A8D8 #BF46D8 #D87646 #5FD846

square

#46A8D8 #BF46D8 #D87646 #5FD846

split-complementary

#46A8D8 #D8465F #D8BF46

monochromatic

#1C6487 #2789BA #46A8D8 #79C0E3 #ABD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#46A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#46A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8D8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8D8	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e4',
    500: '#46a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8d8;
$custom-light: #89c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.726,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69381,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8D8

secondary

#DBB39F

accent

#7740E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8D8

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

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