#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
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -20.67, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 33.90, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0823 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.111 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7730, 39.7642, 71.6329)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##46B6D9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46B6D9

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

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