#46B1DA#46B1DA

#46B1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1DA
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -17.74, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 34.52, 239.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0769 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.113 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8977, 37.8049, 71.9848)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1DA #DA6F46

analogous

#46DAB9 #46B1DA #4667DA

triadic

#46B1DA #DA46B1 #B1DA46

tetradic

#46B1DA #B946DA #DA6F46 #67DA46

square

#46B1DA #B946DA #DA6F46 #67DA46

split-complementary

#46B1DA #DA4667 #DAB946

monochromatic

#1C6B8A #2693BD #46B1DA #79C7E4 #ACDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#46B1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1DA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1DA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8e5',
    500: '#46b1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1da;
$custom-light: #8ac8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1DA

secondary

#DCB0A0

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1DA

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

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