#46B4DE#46B4DE

#46B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46B4DE
RGBrgb(70, 180, 222)
HSLhsl(197, 70%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.91, -18.05, -30.22)
CIE-LCHlch(68.91, 35.20, 239.16°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.0785 -0.0846)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.115 227.1)
XYZxyz(32.0266, 39.2150, 74.9745)
Luminance0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46B4DE #DE7046
analogous
#46DEBC #46B4DE #4668DE
triadic
#46B4DE #DE46B4 #B4DE46
tetradic
#46B4DE #BC46DE #DE7046 #68DE46
square
#46B4DE #BC46DE #DE7046 #68DE46
split-complementary
#46B4DE #DE4668 #DEBC46
monochromatic
#1A6F90 #2397C4 #46B4DE #7AC9E7 #AEDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#46B4DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#46B4DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4DE
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46B4DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46B4DE1.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB1E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A1DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 227.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae8',
    500: '#46b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46b4de;
$custom-light: #8bcae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46B4DE
secondary
#DFB2A1
accent
#6C3BED
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#46B4DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva