#46B0D8#46B0D8

#46B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0D8
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -17.85, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 34.13, 238.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0767 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.112 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4408, 37.3073, 70.5492)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0D8 #D86E46

analogous

#46D8B7 #46B0D8 #4667D8

triadic

#46B0D8 #D846B0 #B0D846

tetradic

#46B0D8 #B746D8 #D86E46 #67D846

square

#46B0D8 #B746D8 #D86E46 #67D846

split-complementary

#46B0D8 #D84667 #D8B746

monochromatic

#1C6A87 #2792BA #46B0D8 #79C6E3 #ABDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#46B0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0D8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0D8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e4',
    500: '#46b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0d8;
$custom-light: #8ac7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0D8

secondary

#DBAF9F

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0D8

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

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