#46B4DB#46B4DB

#46B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4DB
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -19.00, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.46, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0796 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.113 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6281, 39.0556, 72.8757)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4DB #DB6D46

analogous

#46DBB8 #46B4DB #466ADB

triadic

#46B4DB #DB46B4 #B4DB46

tetradic

#46B4DB #B846DB #DB6D46 #6ADB46

square

#46B4DB #B846DB #DB6D46 #6ADB46

split-complementary

#46B4DB #DB466A #DBB846

monochromatic

#1B6E8B #2596BF #46B4DB #79C9E5 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#46B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4DB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4DB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae6',
    500: '#46b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4db;
$custom-light: #8bcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4DB

secondary

#DDB0A0

accent

#6B3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4DB

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

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