#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
RGBrgb(70, 177, 221)
HSLhsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.99, -16.78, -31.08)
CIE-LCHlch(67.99, 35.32, 241.63°)
OKLaboklab(71.7% -0.0759 -0.0871)
OKLCHoklch(71.7% 0.115 228.9)
XYZxyz(31.2938, 37.9634, 74.0710)
Luminance0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##46B1DD1.002.448.598.59
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5921.001.001.00
##0000008.5921.001.001.00

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

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#46B1DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva