#46A9D8#46A9D8

#46A9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46A9D8
RGBrgb(70, 169, 216)
HSLhsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.46, -14.12, -32.25)
CIE-LCHlch(65.46, 35.20, 246.35°)
OKLaboklab(69.61% -0.0696 -0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(69.61% 0.114 232.4)
XYZxyz(29.1035, 34.6327, 70.1034)
Luminance0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46A9D8 #D87546
analogous
#46D8BE #46A9D8 #4660D8
triadic
#46A9D8 #D846A9 #A9D846
tetradic
#46A9D8 #BE46D8 #D87546 #60D846
square
#46A9D8 #BE46D8 #D87546 #60D846
split-complementary
#46A9D8 #D84660 #D8BE46
monochromatic
#1C6587 #278ABA #46A9D8 #79C0E3 #ABD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#46A9D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93
#46A9D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9D8
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46A9D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46A9D81.002.657.937.93
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9321.001.001.00
##0000007.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92A7DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46a9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 232.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e4',
    500: '#46a9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46a9d8;
$custom-light: #89c2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46a9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.315,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69613,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46A9D8
secondary
#DBB29F
accent
#7640E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

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#46A9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva