#46B3DA#46B3DA

#46B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3DA
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -18.79, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.32, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.079 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.113 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2957, 38.6008, 72.1174)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3DA #DA6D46

analogous

#46DAB7 #46B3DA #4669DA

triadic

#46B3DA #DA46B3 #B3DA46

tetradic

#46B3DA #B746DA #DA6D46 #69DA46

square

#46B3DA #B746DA #DA6D46 #69DA46

split-complementary

#46B3DA #DA4669 #DAB746

monochromatic

#1C6D8A #2695BD #46B3DA #79C8E4 #ACDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#46B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3DA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3DA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e5',
    500: '#46b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3da;
$custom-light: #8ac9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3DA

secondary

#DCB0A0

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3DA

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

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