#46A9D9#46A9D9

#46A9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46A9D9
RGBrgb(70, 169, 217)
HSLhsl(200, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.50, -13.80, -32.74)
CIE-LCHlch(65.50, 35.52, 247.15°)
OKLaboklab(69.66% -0.0693 -0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(69.66% 0.115 233)
XYZxyz(29.2332, 34.6846, 70.7863)
Luminance0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46A9D9 #D97646
analogous
#46D9C0 #46A9D9 #4660D9
triadic
#46A9D9 #D946A9 #A9D946
tetradic
#46A9D9 #C046D9 #D97646 #60D946
square
#46A9D9 #C046D9 #D97646 #60D946
split-complementary
#46A9D9 #D94660 #D9C046
monochromatic
#1C6589 #268BBB #46A9D9 #79C1E3 #ACD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#46A9D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94
#46A9D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9D9
7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46A9D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46A9D91.002.657.947.94
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9421.001.001.00
##0000007.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A7DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D99D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46a9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 233.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e5',
    500: '#46a9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46a9d9;
$custom-light: #8ac2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46a9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.34688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46A9D9
secondary
#DCB39F
accent
#763FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#46A9D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva