#46B4D9#46B4D9

#46B4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4D9
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -19.63, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 34.01, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0803 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 224)
XYZ	xyz(31.3663, 38.9509, 71.4974)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4D9 #D96B46

analogous

#46D9B5 #46B4D9 #466BD9

triadic

#46B4D9 #D946B4 #B4D946

tetradic

#46B4D9 #B546D9 #D96B46 #6BD946

square

#46B4D9 #B546D9 #D96B46 #6BD946

split-complementary

#46B4D9 #D9466B #D9B546

monochromatic

#1C6D89 #2696BB #46B4D9 #79C9E3 #ACDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#46B4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4D9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4D9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae4',
    500: '#46b4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4d9;
$custom-light: #8acae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4D9

secondary

#DCAE9F

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4D9

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

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