#46A8D9#46A8D9

#46A8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8D9
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -13.26, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 35.74, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0683 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.116 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0479, 34.3139, 70.7246)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8D9 #D97746

analogous

#46D9C1 #46A8D9 #465FD9

triadic

#46A8D9 #D946A8 #A8D946

tetradic

#46A8D9 #C146D9 #D97746 #5FD946

square

#46A8D9 #C146D9 #D97746 #5FD946

split-complementary

#46A8D9 #D9465F #D9C146

monochromatic

#1C6489 #268ABB #46A8D9 #79C0E3 #ACD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#46A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#46A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8D9

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8D9	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e5',
    500: '#46a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8d9;
$custom-light: #8ac1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8D9

secondary

#DCB39F

accent

#783FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8D9

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

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