#46B1DD#46B1DD

#46B1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1DD
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -16.78, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 35.32, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0759 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.115 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2938, 37.9634, 74.0710)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1DD #DD7246

analogous

#46DDBD #46B1DD #4666DD

triadic

#46B1DD #DD46B1 #B1DD46

tetradic

#46B1DD #BD46DD #DD7246 #66DD46

square

#46B1DD #BD46DD #DD7246 #66DD46

split-complementary

#46B1DD #DD4666 #DDBD46

monochromatic

#1A6D8E #2494C2 #46B1DD #7AC7E7 #ADDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#46B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1DD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1DD	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e7',
    500: '#46b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1dd;
$custom-light: #8bc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1DD

secondary

#DEB3A1

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1DD

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

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