#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
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -14.12, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 35.20, 246.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0696 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.114 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1035, 34.6327, 70.1034)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##46A9D8	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9D8

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

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