#46B6DC#46B6DC

#46B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6DC
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -19.72, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 34.53, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0812 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.113 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1668, 39.9217, 73.7067)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6DC #DC6C46

analogous

#46DCB7 #46B6DC #466BDC

triadic

#46B6DC #DC46B6 #B6DC46

tetradic

#46B6DC #B746DC #DC6C46 #6BDC46

square

#46B6DC #B746DC #DC6C46 #6BDC46

split-complementary

#46B6DC #DC466B #DCB746

monochromatic

#1B708D #2499C0 #46B6DC #79CAE6 #ADDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#46B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6DC

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6DC	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce7',
    500: '#46b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6dc;
$custom-light: #8bcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6DC

secondary

#DDB0A0

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6DC

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

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