#46B4DC#46B4DC

#46B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4DC
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -18.68, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 34.70, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0792 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.114 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7601, 39.1084, 73.5711)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4DC #DC6E46

analogous

#46DCB9 #46B4DC #4669DC

triadic

#46B4DC #DC46B4 #B4DC46

tetradic

#46B4DC #B946DC #DC6E46 #69DC46

square

#46B4DC #B946DC #DC6E46 #69DC46

split-complementary

#46B4DC #DC4669 #DCB946

monochromatic

#1B6E8D #2497C0 #46B4DC #79C9E6 #ADDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#46B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4DC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4DC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae7',
    500: '#46b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4dc;
$custom-light: #8bcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72354,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4DC

secondary

#DDB1A0

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4DC

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

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