#46B1DF#46B1DF

#46B1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1DF
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -16.14, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 35.89, 243.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0751 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.117 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5619, 38.0706, 75.4827)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1DF #DF7446

analogous

#46DFC0 #46B1DF #4665DF

triadic

#46B1DF #DF46B1 #B1DF46

tetradic

#46B1DF #C046DF #DF7446 #65DF46

square

#46B1DF #C046DF #DF7446 #65DF46

split-complementary

#46B1DF #DF4665 #DFC046

monochromatic

#196D91 #2294C6 #46B1DF #7AC7E8 #AEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#46B1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1DF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1DF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e9',
    500: '#46b1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1df;
$custom-light: #8bc8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71788,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1DF

secondary

#DFB4A2

accent

#703BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1DF

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

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