#46B4DA#46B4DA

#46B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4DA
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -19.31, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.23, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0799 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.112 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4968, 39.0031, 72.1845)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4DA #DA6C46

analogous

#46DAB6 #46B4DA #466ADA

triadic

#46B4DA #DA46B4 #B4DA46

tetradic

#46B4DA #B646DA #DA6C46 #6ADA46

square

#46B4DA #B646DA #DA6C46 #6ADA46

split-complementary

#46B4DA #DA466A #DAB646

monochromatic

#1C6E8A #2696BD #46B4DA #79C9E4 #ACDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#46B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4DA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4DA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae5',
    500: '#46b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4da;
$custom-light: #8acae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4DA

secondary

#DCAFA0

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4DA

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

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