#46B8D8#46B8D8

#46B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8D8
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -22.01, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 33.67, 229.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0847 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.111 220)
XYZ	xyz(32.0559, 40.5374, 71.0875)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8D8 #D86646

analogous

#46D8AF #46B8D8 #466FD8

triadic

#46B8D8 #D846B8 #B8D846

tetradic

#46B8D8 #AF46D8 #D86646 #6FD846

square

#46B8D8 #AF46D8 #D86646 #6FD846

split-complementary

#46B8D8 #D8466F #D8AF46

monochromatic

#1C7087 #279ABA #46B8D8 #79CBE3 #ABDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#46B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8D8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8D8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde4',
    500: '#46b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8d8;
$custom-light: #8acde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73122,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.40541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8D8

secondary

#DBAC9F

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8D8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →