#46B2D8#46B2D8

#46B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2D8
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -18.90, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 33.94, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0787 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.111 225)
XYZ	xyz(30.8358, 38.0974, 70.6808)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2D8 #D86C46

analogous

#46D8B5 #46B2D8 #4669D8

triadic

#46B2D8 #D846B2 #B2D846

tetradic

#46B2D8 #B546D8 #D86C46 #69D846

square

#46B2D8 #B546D8 #D86C46 #69D846

split-complementary

#46B2D8 #D84669 #D8B546

monochromatic

#1C6B87 #2794BA #46B2D8 #79C7E3 #ABDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#46B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2D8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2D8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#46b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2d8;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2D8

secondary

#DBAE9F

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2D8

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

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