#46B6D5#46B6D5

#46B6D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6D5
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -21.91, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 33.18, 228.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0838 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.109 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2590, 39.5586, 68.9260)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6D5 #D56546

analogous

#46D5AC #46B6D5 #466ED5

triadic

#46B6D5 #D546B6 #B6D546

tetradic

#46B6D5 #AC46D5 #D56546 #6ED546

square

#46B6D5 #AC46D5 #D56546 #6ED546

split-complementary

#46B6D5 #D5466E #D5AC46

monochromatic

#1E6D83 #2996B5 #46B6D5 #78CAE0 #AADDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46B6D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#46B6D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6D5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6D5	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)

#A3B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce2',
    500: '#46b6d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6d5;
$custom-light: #8acce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.007,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6D5

secondary

#D9AB9E

accent

#6542E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6D5

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

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