#46B3D8#46B3D8

#46B3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3D8
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -19.42, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 33.86, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0797 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.111 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0355, 38.4967, 70.7474)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3D8 #D86B46

analogous

#46D8B4 #46B3D8 #466AD8

triadic

#46B3D8 #D846B3 #B3D846

tetradic

#46B3D8 #B446D8 #D86B46 #6AD846

square

#46B3D8 #B446D8 #D86B46 #6AD846

split-complementary

#46B3D8 #D8466A #D8B446

monochromatic

#1C6C87 #2795BA #46B3D8 #79C8E3 #ABDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#46B3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3D8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3D8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#46b3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3d8;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3D8

secondary

#DBAE9F

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3D8

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

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