#46B5D8#46B5D8

#46B5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5D8
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -20.46, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 33.75, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0817 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.111 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4393, 39.3042, 70.8820)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5D8 #D86946

analogous

#46D8B2 #46B5D8 #466CD8

triadic

#46B5D8 #D846B5 #B5D846

tetradic

#46B5D8 #B246D8 #D86946 #6CD846

square

#46B5D8 #B246D8 #D86946 #6CD846

split-complementary

#46B5D8 #D8466C #D8B246

monochromatic

#1C6E87 #2797BA #46B5D8 #79C9E3 #ABDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#46B5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5D8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5D8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe4',
    500: '#46b5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5d8;
$custom-light: #8acbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5D8

secondary

#DBAD9F

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5D8

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

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