#46B6DA#46B6DA

#46B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6DA
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -20.35, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 34.10, 233.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0819 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.112 223)
XYZ	xyz(31.9035, 39.8164, 72.3200)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6DA #DA6A46

analogous

#46DAB4 #46B6DA #466CDA

triadic

#46B6DA #DA46B6 #B6DA46

tetradic

#46B6DA #B446DA #DA6A46 #6CDA46

square

#46B6DA #B446DA #DA6A46 #6CDA46

split-complementary

#46B6DA #DA466C #DAB446

monochromatic

#1C6F8A #2698BD #46B6DA #79CAE4 #ACDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#46B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6DA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6DA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce5',
    500: '#46b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6da;
$custom-light: #8bcce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6DA

secondary

#DCAEA0

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6DA

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

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