#46B3DB#46B3DB

#46B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3DB
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -18.48, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 34.56, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0786 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.113 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4269, 38.6533, 72.8087)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3DB #DB6E46

analogous

#46DBB8 #46B3DB #4669DB

triadic

#46B3DB #DB46B3 #B3DB46

tetradic

#46B3DB #B846DB #DB6E46 #69DB46

square

#46B3DB #B846DB #DB6E46 #69DB46

split-complementary

#46B3DB #DB4669 #DBB846

monochromatic

#1B6D8B #2595BF #46B3DB #79C8E5 #ACDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#46B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3DB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3DB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e6',
    500: '#46b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3db;
$custom-light: #8ac9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3DB

secondary

#DDB0A0

accent

#6C3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3DB

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

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