#46B6D9#46B6D9

#46B6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46B6D9
RGBrgb(70, 182, 217)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.30, -20.67, -26.87)
CIE-LCHlch(69.30, 33.90, 232.44°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.0823 -0.075)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.111 222.4)
XYZxyz(31.7730, 39.7642, 71.6329)
Luminance0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46B6D9 #D96946
analogous
#46D9B3 #46B6D9 #466DD9
triadic
#46B6D9 #D946B6 #B6D946
tetradic
#46B6D9 #B346D9 #D96946 #6DD946
square
#46B6D9 #B346D9 #D96946 #6DD946
split-complementary
#46B6D9 #D9466D #D9B346
monochromatic
#1C6F89 #2698BB #46B6D9 #79CAE3 #ACDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#46B6D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95
#46B6D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6D9
8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46B6D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46B6D91.002.358.958.95
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9521.001.001.00
##0000008.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B2DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA3D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46b6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 222.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce4',
    500: '#46b6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46b6d9;
$custom-light: #8acce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46b6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46B6D9
secondary
#DCAE9F
accent
#673FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#46B6D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva