#46B0DA#46B0DA

#46B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0DA
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -17.21, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 34.65, 240.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0759 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.113 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7009, 37.4113, 71.9192)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0DA #DA7046

analogous

#46DABA #46B0DA #4666DA

triadic

#46B0DA #DA46B0 #B0DA46

tetradic

#46B0DA #BA46DA #DA7046 #66DA46

square

#46B0DA #BA46DA #DA7046 #66DA46

split-complementary

#46B0DA #DA4666 #DABA46

monochromatic

#1C6B8A #2692BD #46B0DA #79C6E4 #ACDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#46B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0DA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0DA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e5',
    500: '#46b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0da;
$custom-light: #8ac7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0DA

secondary

#DCB1A0

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0DA

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

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