#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
RGBrgb(70, 181, 215)
HSLhsl(194, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.93, -20.78, -26.34)
CIE-LCHlch(68.93, 33.55, 231.74°)
OKLaboklab(72.38% -0.0821 -0.0735)
OKLCHoklch(72.38% 0.11 221.9)
XYZxyz(31.3104, 39.2527, 70.2032)
Luminance0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##46B5D71.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

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

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#46B5D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva