#46B5D1#46B5D1

#46B5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5D1
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 209)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -22.64, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 32.55, 225.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0844 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.107 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5535, 38.9499, 66.2171)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5D1 #D16246

analogous

#46D1A7 #46B5D1 #4670D1

triadic

#46B5D1 #D146B5 #B5D146

tetradic

#46B5D1 #A746D1 #D16246 #70D146

square

#46B5D1 #A746D1 #D16246 #70D146

split-complementary

#46B5D1 #D14670 #D1A746

monochromatic

#1F6A7D #2B94AE #46B5D1 #77C9DD #A8DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#46B5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5D1

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5D1	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdf',
    500: '#46b5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5d1;
$custom-light: #89cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.086,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5D1

secondary

#D7A89C

accent

#6444E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5D1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →