#46B2D9#46B2D9

#46B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2D9
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -18.59, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 34.17, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0783 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.112 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9655, 38.1492, 71.3638)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2D9 #D96D46

analogous

#46D9B6 #46B2D9 #4669D9

triadic

#46B2D9 #D946B2 #B2D946

tetradic

#46B2D9 #B646D9 #D96D46 #69D946

square

#46B2D9 #B646D9 #D96D46 #69D946

split-complementary

#46B2D9 #D94669 #D9B646

monochromatic

#1C6C89 #2694BB #46B2D9 #79C7E3 #ACDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#46B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2D9

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2D9	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#46b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2d9;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2D9

secondary

#DCAF9F

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2D9

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

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