#46B8DA#46B8DA

#46B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8DA
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -21.39, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.03, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0839 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.112 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3160, 40.6414, 72.4575)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8DA #DA6846

analogous

#46DAB2 #46B8DA #466EDA

triadic

#46B8DA #DA46B8 #B8DA46

tetradic

#46B8DA #B246DA #DA6846 #6EDA46

square

#46B8DA #B246DA #DA6846 #6EDA46

split-complementary

#46B8DA #DA466E #DAB246

monochromatic

#1C718A #269ABD #46B8DA #79CCE4 #ACDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#46B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8DA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8DA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde5',
    500: '#46b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8da;
$custom-light: #8bcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8DA

secondary

#DCADA0

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8DA

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

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