#46B8D9#46B8D9

#46B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8D9
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -21.70, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 33.85, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0843 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.111 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1855, 40.5892, 71.7704)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8D9 #D96746

analogous

#46D9B0 #46B8D9 #466FD9

triadic

#46B8D9 #D946B8 #B8D946

tetradic

#46B8D9 #B046D9 #D96746 #6FD946

square

#46B8D9 #B046D9 #D96746 #6FD946

split-complementary

#46B8D9 #D9466F #D9B046

monochromatic

#1C7089 #269ABB #46B8D9 #79CBE3 #ACDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#46B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8D9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8D9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde4',
    500: '#46b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8d9;
$custom-light: #8bcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8D9

secondary

#DCAD9F

accent

#653FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8D9

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

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