#46B5D6#46B5D6

#46B5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5D6
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -21.09, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 33.36, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0824 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.11 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1823, 39.2014, 69.5285)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5D6 #D66746

analogous

#46D6AF #46B5D6 #466DD6

triadic

#46B5D6 #D646B5 #B5D646

tetradic

#46B5D6 #AF46D6 #D66746 #6DD646

square

#46B5D6 #AF46D6 #D66746 #6DD646

split-complementary

#46B5D6 #D6466D #D6AF46

monochromatic

#1D6D84 #2896B6 #46B5D6 #78C9E1 #AADDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46B5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#46B5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5D6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5D6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	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)

#A1B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe2',
    500: '#46b5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5d6;
$custom-light: #8acbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5D6

secondary

#DAAC9E

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5D6

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

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