#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
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -16.25, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 35.47, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0749 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.116 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0971, 37.5698, 74.0054)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##46B0DD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46B0DD

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

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