#46B6D4#46B6D4

#46B6D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6D4
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -22.22, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 33.02, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0842 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.108 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1325, 39.5080, 68.2596)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6D4 #D46446

analogous

#46D4AB #46B6D4 #466FD4

triadic

#46B6D4 #D446B6 #B6D446

tetradic

#46B6D4 #AB46D4 #D46446 #6FD446

square

#46B6D4 #AB46D4 #D46446 #6FD446

split-complementary

#46B6D4 #D4466F #D4AB46

monochromatic

#1E6C81 #2A96B3 #46B6D4 #78CAE0 #A9DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46B6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#46B6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6D4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6D4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce1',
    500: '#46b6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6d4;
$custom-light: #8acce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.676,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72486,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6D4

secondary

#D9AA9D

accent

#6542E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6D4

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

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