#46B4D8#46B4D8

#46B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4D8
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -19.94, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 33.80, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0807 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.111 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2367, 38.8990, 70.8145)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4D8 #D86A46

analogous

#46D8B3 #46B4D8 #466BD8

triadic

#46B4D8 #D846B4 #B4D846

tetradic

#46B4D8 #B346D8 #D86A46 #6BD846

square

#46B4D8 #B346D8 #D86A46 #6BD846

split-complementary

#46B4D8 #D8466B #D8B346

monochromatic

#1C6D87 #2796BA #46B4D8 #79C8E3 #ABDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#46B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4D8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4D8	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae4',
    500: '#46b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4d8;
$custom-light: #8acae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4D8

secondary

#DBAE9F

accent

#6940E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4D8

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

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