#46B6DD#46B6DD

#46B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6DD
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -19.41, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 34.76, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0808 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.114 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2996, 39.9748, 74.4062)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6DD #DD6D46

analogous

#46DDB9 #46B6DD #466ADD

triadic

#46B6DD #DD46B6 #B6DD46

tetradic

#46B6DD #B946DD #DD6D46 #6ADD46

square

#46B6DD #B946DD #DD6D46 #6ADD46

split-complementary

#46B6DD #DD466A #DDB946

monochromatic

#1A708E #2499C2 #46B6DD #7ACAE7 #ADDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#46B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6DD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6DD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce7',
    500: '#46b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6dd;
$custom-light: #8bcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6DD

secondary

#DEB1A1

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6DD

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

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