#46B5DB#46B5DB

#46B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5DB
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -19.52, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 34.38, 235.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0806 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.113 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8307, 39.4608, 72.9432)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5DB #DB6C46

analogous

#46DBB7 #46B5DB #466BDB

triadic

#46B5DB #DB46B5 #B5DB46

tetradic

#46B5DB #B746DB #DB6C46 #6BDB46

square

#46B5DB #B746DB #DB6C46 #6BDB46

split-complementary

#46B5DB #DB466B #DBB746

monochromatic

#1B6F8B #2598BF #46B5DB #79C9E5 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#46B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5DB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5DB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe6',
    500: '#46b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5db;
$custom-light: #8bcbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5DB

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5DB

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

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