#46B5D7#46B5D7

#46B5D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5D7
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 215)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -20.78, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 33.55, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0821 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.11 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3104, 39.2527, 70.2032)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5D7 #D76846

analogous

#46D7B0 #46B5D7 #466CD7

triadic

#46B5D7 #D746B5 #B5D746

tetradic

#46B5D7 #B046D7 #D76846 #6CD746

square

#46B5D7 #B046D7 #D76846 #6CD746

split-complementary

#46B5D7 #D7466C #D7B046

monochromatic

#1D6D86 #2896B8 #46B5D7 #78C9E2 #ABDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#46B5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5D7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5D7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe3',
    500: '#46b5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5d7;
$custom-light: #8acbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5D7

secondary

#DAAC9E

accent

#6840E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5D7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →