#46B4D6#46B4D6

#46B4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4D6
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -20.57, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.39, 231.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0814 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.11 222)
XYZ	xyz(30.9797, 38.7962, 69.4610)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4D6 #D66846

analogous

#46D6B0 #46B4D6 #466CD6

triadic

#46B4D6 #D646B4 #B4D646

tetradic

#46B4D6 #B046D6 #D66846 #6CD646

square

#46B4D6 #B046D6 #D66846 #6CD646

split-complementary

#46B4D6 #D6466C #D6B046

monochromatic

#1D6C84 #2895B6 #46B4D6 #78C8E1 #AADDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#46B4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4D6

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4D6	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae2',
    500: '#46b4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4d6;
$custom-light: #8acae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4D6

secondary

#DAAC9E

accent

#6841E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4D6

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

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