#46B5DD#46B5DD

#46B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5DD
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -18.89, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 34.84, 237.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0798 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.114 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0955, 39.5667, 74.3382)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5DD #DD6E46

analogous

#46DDBA #46B5DD #466ADD

triadic

#46B5DD #DD46B5 #B5DD46

tetradic

#46B5DD #BA46DD #DD6E46 #6ADD46

square

#46B5DD #BA46DD #DD6E46 #6ADD46

split-complementary

#46B5DD #DD466A #DDBA46

monochromatic

#1A708E #2498C2 #46B5DD #7ACAE7 #ADDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#46B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5DD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5DD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe7',
    500: '#46b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5dd;
$custom-light: #8bcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5DD

secondary

#DEB1A1

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5DD

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

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