#46B1DB#46B1DB

#46B1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1DB
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -17.42, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 34.78, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0766 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.114 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0290, 37.8574, 72.6760)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1DB #DB7046

analogous

#46DBBB #46B1DB #4667DB

triadic

#46B1DB #DB46B1 #B1DB46

tetradic

#46B1DB #BB46DB #DB7046 #67DB46

square

#46B1DB #BB46DB #DB7046 #67DB46

split-complementary

#46B1DB #DB4667 #DBBB46

monochromatic

#1B6C8B #2593BF #46B1DB #79C7E5 #ACDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#46B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1DB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1DB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8e6',
    500: '#46b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1db;
$custom-light: #8ac8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1DB

secondary

#DDB1A0

accent

#6E3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1DB

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

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