#46B1DC#46B1DC

#46B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1DC
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -17.10, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 35.05, 240.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0762 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.115 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1610, 37.9102, 73.3714)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1DC #DC7146

analogous

#46DCBC #46B1DC #4666DC

triadic

#46B1DC #DC46B1 #B1DC46

tetradic

#46B1DC #BC46DC #DC7146 #66DC46

square

#46B1DC #BC46DC #DC7146 #66DC46

split-complementary

#46B1DC #DC4666 #DCBC46

monochromatic

#1B6C8D #2494C0 #46B1DC #79C7E6 #ADDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#46B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1DC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1DC	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8e7',
    500: '#46b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1dc;
$custom-light: #8ac8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1DC

secondary

#DDB2A0

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1DC

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

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