#46B2DF#46B2DF

#46B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2DF
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -16.67, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 35.73, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0761 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.117 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7601, 38.4671, 75.5488)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2DF #DF7346

analogous

#46DFBF #46B2DF #4666DF

triadic

#46B2DF #DF46B2 #B2DF46

tetradic

#46B2DF #BF46DF #DF7346 #66DF46

square

#46B2DF #BF46DF #DF7346 #66DF46

split-complementary

#46B2DF #DF4666 #DFBF46

monochromatic

#196E91 #2296C6 #46B2DF #7AC8E8 #AEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#46B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2DF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2DF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e9',
    500: '#46b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2df;
$custom-light: #8bc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2DF

secondary

#DFB4A2

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2DF

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

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