#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
RGBrgb(70, 181, 216)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.97, -20.46, -26.83)
CIE-LCHlch(68.97, 33.75, 232.67°)
OKLaboklab(72.42% -0.0817 -0.0749)
OKLCHoklch(72.42% 0.111 222.5)
XYZxyz(31.4393, 39.3042, 70.8820)
Luminance0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##46B5D81.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

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

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#46B5D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva