#46B6D6#46B6D6

#46B6D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6D6
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -21.60, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.35, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0835 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.109 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3864, 39.6096, 69.5966)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6D6 #D66646

analogous

#46D6AE #46B6D6 #466ED6

triadic

#46B6D6 #D646B6 #B6D646

tetradic

#46B6D6 #AE46D6 #D66646 #6ED646

square

#46B6D6 #AE46D6 #D66646 #6ED646

split-complementary

#46B6D6 #D6466E #D6AE46

monochromatic

#1D6D84 #2897B6 #46B6D6 #78CAE1 #AADEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#46B6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6D6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6D6	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce2',
    500: '#46b6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6d6;
$custom-light: #8acce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6D6

secondary

#DAAB9E

accent

#6641E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6D6

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

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