#46B4D5#46B4D5

#46B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4D5
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -20.88, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 33.20, 231.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0818 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.109 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8524, 38.7453, 68.7905)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4D5 #D56746

analogous

#46D5AE #46B4D5 #466CD5

triadic

#46B4D5 #D546B4 #B4D546

tetradic

#46B4D5 #AE46D5 #D56746 #6CD546

square

#46B4D5 #AE46D5 #D56746 #6CD546

split-complementary

#46B4D5 #D5466C #D5AE46

monochromatic

#1E6C83 #2995B5 #46B4D5 #78C8E0 #AADCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#46B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4D5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4D5	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae2',
    500: '#46b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4d5;
$custom-light: #8acae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4D5

secondary

#D9AB9E

accent

#6842E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4D5

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

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