#46B0DD#46B0DD

#46B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46B0DD
RGBrgb(70, 176, 221)
HSLhsl(198, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.70, -16.25, -31.53)
CIE-LCHlch(67.70, 35.47, 242.73°)
OKLaboklab(71.47% -0.0749 -0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(71.47% 0.116 229.7)
XYZxyz(31.0971, 37.5698, 74.0054)
Luminance0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46B0DD #DD7346
analogous
#46DDBF #46B0DD #4664DD
triadic
#46B0DD #DD46B0 #B0DD46
tetradic
#46B0DD #BF46DD #DD7346 #64DD46
square
#46B0DD #BF46DD #DD7346 #64DD46
split-complementary
#46B0DD #DD4664 #DDBF46
monochromatic
#1A6C8E #2493C2 #46B0DD #7AC6E7 #ADDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#46B0DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51
#46B0DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0DD
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46B0DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46B0DD1.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99ADDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#849EDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 229.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e7',
    500: '#46b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46b0dd;
$custom-light: #8bc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71466,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46B0DD
secondary
#DEB3A1
accent
#703CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#46B0DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva