#46B0DB#46B0DB

#46B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0DB
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -16.89, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 34.91, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0756 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.114 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8322, 37.4638, 72.6104)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0DB #DB7146

analogous

#46DBBB #46B0DB #4666DB

triadic

#46B0DB #DB46B0 #B0DB46

tetradic

#46B0DB #BB46DB #DB7146 #66DB46

square

#46B0DB #BB46DB #DB7146 #66DB46

split-complementary

#46B0DB #DB4666 #DBBB46

monochromatic

#1B6B8B #2592BF #46B0DB #79C6E5 #ACDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#46B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#46B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0DB

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0DB	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7e6',
    500: '#46b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0db;
$custom-light: #8ac7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71377,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0DB

secondary

#DDB2A0

accent

#6F3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0DB

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

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