#46A8DB#46A8DB

#46A8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8DB
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -12.60, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 36.41, 249.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0676 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.117 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3096, 34.4186, 72.1029)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8DB #DB7946

analogous

#46DBC4 #46A8DB #465EDB

triadic

#46A8DB #DB46A8 #A8DB46

tetradic

#46A8DB #C446DB #DB7946 #5EDB46

square

#46A8DB #C446DB #DB7946 #5EDB46

split-complementary

#46A8DB #DB465E #DBC446

monochromatic

#1B658B #258ABF #46A8DB #79C0E5 #ACD8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#46A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#46A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8DB

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8DB	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e6',
    500: '#46a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8db;
$custom-light: #8ac1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8DB

secondary

#DDB5A0

accent

#793DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8DB

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

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