#46B5D9#46B5D9

#46B5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5D9
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -20.15, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 33.95, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0813 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.112 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5690, 39.3561, 71.5649)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5D9 #D96A46

analogous

#46D9B4 #46B5D9 #466CD9

triadic

#46B5D9 #D946B5 #B5D946

tetradic

#46B5D9 #B446D9 #D96A46 #6CD946

square

#46B5D9 #B446D9 #D96A46 #6CD946

split-complementary

#46B5D9 #D9466C #D9B446

monochromatic

#1C6E89 #2697BB #46B5D9 #79C9E3 #ACDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#46B5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5D9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5D9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe4',
    500: '#46b5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5d9;
$custom-light: #8acbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5D9

secondary

#DCAE9F

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5D9

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

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