#46B5DA#46B5DA

#46B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5DA
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -19.83, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 34.16, 234.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0809 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.112 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6994, 39.4083, 72.2520)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5DA #DA6B46

analogous

#46DAB5 #46B5DA #466BDA

triadic

#46B5DA #DA46B5 #B5DA46

tetradic

#46B5DA #B546DA #DA6B46 #6BDA46

square

#46B5DA #B546DA #DA6B46 #6BDA46

split-complementary

#46B5DA #DA466B #DAB546

monochromatic

#1C6E8A #2697BD #46B5DA #79C9E4 #ACDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#46B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5DA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5DA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe5',
    500: '#46b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5da;
$custom-light: #8acbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5DA

secondary

#DCAFA0

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5DA

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

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