#46B2DA#46B2DA

#46B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2DA
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -18.27, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 34.41, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0779 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.113 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0960, 38.2014, 72.0509)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2DA #DA6E46

analogous

#46DAB8 #46B2DA #4668DA

triadic

#46B2DA #DA46B2 #B2DA46

tetradic

#46B2DA #B846DA #DA6E46 #68DA46

square

#46B2DA #B846DA #DA6E46 #68DA46

split-complementary

#46B2DA #DA4668 #DAB846

monochromatic

#1C6C8A #2694BD #46B2DA #79C7E4 #ACDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#46B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2DA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2DA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e5',
    500: '#46b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2da;
$custom-light: #8ac9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.718,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2DA

secondary

#DCB0A0

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2DA

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

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