#46B0D9#46B0D9

#46B0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0D9
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -17.53, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 34.38, 239.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0763 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.113 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5705, 37.3591, 71.2321)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0D9 #D96F46

analogous

#46D9B9 #46B0D9 #4667D9

triadic

#46B0D9 #D946B0 #B0D946

tetradic

#46B0D9 #B946D9 #D96F46 #67D946

square

#46B0D9 #B946D9 #D96F46 #67D946

split-complementary

#46B0D9 #D94667 #D9B946

monochromatic

#1C6A89 #2692BB #46B0D9 #79C6E3 #ACDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#46B0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0D9

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0D9	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e5',
    500: '#46b0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0d9;
$custom-light: #8ac7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0D9

secondary

#DCB09F

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0D9

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

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