#46B1D9#46B1D9

#46B1D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1D9
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -18.06, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 34.27, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0773 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.112 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7673, 37.7527, 71.2977)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1D9 #D96E46

analogous

#46D9B8 #46B1D9 #4668D9

triadic

#46B1D9 #D946B1 #B1D946

tetradic

#46B1D9 #B846D9 #D96E46 #68D946

square

#46B1D9 #B846D9 #D96E46 #68D946

split-complementary

#46B1D9 #D94668 #D9B846

monochromatic

#1C6B89 #2693BB #46B1D9 #79C6E3 #ACDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#46B1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#46B1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1D9

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1D9	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8e5',
    500: '#46b1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1d9;
$custom-light: #8ac8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71523,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1D9

secondary

#DCB09F

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1D9

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

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