#46B3D9#46B3D9

#46B3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3D9
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -19.11, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 34.08, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0793 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.112 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1652, 38.5486, 71.4303)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3D9 #D96C46

analogous

#46D9B6 #46B3D9 #466AD9

triadic

#46B3D9 #D946B3 #B3D946

tetradic

#46B3D9 #B646D9 #D96C46 #6AD946

square

#46B3D9 #B646D9 #D96C46 #6AD946

split-complementary

#46B3D9 #D9466A #D9B646

monochromatic

#1C6D89 #2695BB #46B3D9 #79C8E3 #ACDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#46B3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3D9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3D9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e4',
    500: '#46b3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3d9;
$custom-light: #8ac9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3D9

secondary

#DCAF9F

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3D9

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

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