#46B3D6#46B3D6

#46B3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3D6
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -20.05, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 33.43, 233.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0804 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.11 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7786, 38.3939, 69.3940)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3D6 #D66946

analogous

#46D6B1 #46B3D6 #466BD6

triadic

#46B3D6 #D646B3 #B3D646

tetradic

#46B3D6 #B146D6 #D66946 #6BD646

square

#46B3D6 #B146D6 #D66946 #6BD646

split-complementary

#46B3D6 #D6466B #D6B146

monochromatic

#1D6B84 #2894B6 #46B3D6 #78C8E1 #AADCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#46B3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3D6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3D6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e2',
    500: '#46b3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3d6;
$custom-light: #8ac9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71863,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3D6

secondary

#DAAD9E

accent

#6941E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3D6

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

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