#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
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -18.05, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 35.20, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0785 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.115 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0266, 39.2150, 74.9745)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##46B4DE	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46B4DE

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