#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
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -18.16, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 34.80, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0782 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.114 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5589, 38.7061, 73.5041)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##46B3DC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46B3DC

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

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