#46B3DC#46B3DC

#46B3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46B3DC
RGBrgb(70, 179, 220)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.54, -18.16, -29.69)
CIE-LCHlch(68.54, 34.80, 238.55°)
OKLaboklab(72.12% -0.0782 -0.0831)
OKLCHoklch(72.12% 0.114 226.7)
XYZxyz(31.5589, 38.7061, 73.5041)
Luminance0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46B3DC #DC6F46
analogous
#46DCBA #46B3DC #4668DC
triadic
#46B3DC #DC46B3 #B3DC46
tetradic
#46B3DC #BA46DC #DC6F46 #68DC46
square
#46B3DC #BA46DC #DC6F46 #68DC46
split-complementary
#46B3DC #DC4668 #DCBA46
monochromatic
#1B6E8D #2496C0 #46B3DC #79C8E6 #ADDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#46B3DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#46B3DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3DC
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46B3DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46B3DC1.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB0DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A1DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46b3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 226.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e7',
    500: '#46b3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46b3dc;
$custom-light: #8bc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46b3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46B3DC
secondary
#DDB1A0
accent
#6C3DEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#46B3DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva